Toshiba Satellite M40 (PSM42) - Manual (Page 80)

4-16 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, DVD-RW, DVD+RW or DVD-
RAM is affected by the quality of the disc and the way it is used.
■ There are two types of DVD-R discs: authoring and general use discs.
Do not use authoring discs. Only general use discs can be written to by
a computer drive.
■ 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 DL/-RW or DVD+R/+R DL/+RW discs.
■ Data written to a CD-R/DVD-R/DVD+R disc cannot be deleted either in
whole or in part.
CD-R: TAIYOYUDEN CO., LTD.
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
RICOH Co., Ltd.
Hitachi Maxell Ltd.
CD-RW:
(High-Speed,
Multi-Speed)
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
RICOH Co., Ltd.
DVD-R DVD Specifications for Recordable Disc for General
Version 2.0
TAIYOYUDEN CO., LTD.
PIONEER VIDEO CORPORATION
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
DVD+R MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
RICOH Co., Ltd.
DVD-RW DVD Specifications for Recordable Disc for Version
1.1
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
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+R DL MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION.
DVD-R DL MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION.
This drive cannot use discs that allow writing of 8 speeds or more
(DVD-R, DVD+R), 4 speeds or more (DVD-RW, DVD+RW).