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Toshiba Satellite Pro P100 (PSPAE) User Manual

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User’s Manual

Operating Basics

If the disc is poor in quality, dirty or damaged, writing or rewriting errors

may occur. Be careful to check the disc for dirt or damage before you

use it.

The actual number of rewrites to CD-RW or DVD-RW/+RW/-RAM is

affected by the quality of the disc and the way it is used.

There are two types of DVD-R: authoring and general use discs. Do not

use authoring discs. Only general use discs can be written to by a

computer drive.

Multi-session writing of DVD-R DL discs is not supported. Therefore, if

your data is less than 4.7 GB, it is recommended to use a DVD-R

(Single layer) disc.

You can use DVD-RAM discs that can be removed from a cartridge and

DVD-RAM discs designed without a cartridge. You cannot use a disc

with a 2.6 GB single-sided capacity or 5.2 GB double-sided capacity.

Other DVD-ROM drives for computers or other DVD players may not be

able to read DVD-R/+R/-RW/+RW/-RAM discs.

Data written to a CD-R/DVD-R/+R disc cannot be deleted either in

whole or in part.

Data deleted (erased) from a CD-RW and DVD-RW/+RW/-RAM disc

cannot be recovered. Check the content of the disc carefully before you

delete it. If multiple drives that can write data to discs are connected, be

careful not to delete data from the wrong drive.

In writing to a DVD-R/+R/-RW/+RW disc, some disc space is required

for file management, so you may not be able to write the full capacity of

the disc.

Since the disc is based on the DVD-R/-RW standard, it will be filled with

dummy data if the written data is less than about 1 GB. Even if you write

only a small amount of data, it might take time to fill in the dummy data.

DVD+R:

MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
RICOH Co., Ltd.

DVD+RW:

MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
RICOH Co., Ltd.

*DVD-RAM:

DVD Specifications for DVD-RAM Disc for Version

2.0, Version 2.1 or Version 2.2
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Hitachi Maxell Ltd.
*DVD Multi drive and DVD Super Multi can use

DVD-RAM.

DVD+R

(Double Layer):

MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION

DVD-R

(Double Layer):

MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION