Operation Manual

Working with the notebook
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Optical drive
Your notebook is delivered with an optical drive. Optical drives can either only read or both read and
write different optical data storage media.
The meaning of the respective optical data storage media is described in the following:
CD-ROM
Abbreviation for Compact Disc - Read Only Memory. A CD-ROM is an optical data storage medium
that can contain a maximum of 700 Mbytes. These data cannot be changed.
CD-R
Abbreviation for Compact Disc Recordable. A CD-R is an optical data storage medium that can only
be written with a maximum of 700 Mbytes of data. Then these data cannot be changed, but can be
read as often as desired.
CD-RW
Abbreviation for Compact Disc ReWriteable. A CD-RW is an optical data storage medium that can
be written with a maximum of 700 Mbyte of data a virtually unlimited number of times. This means
the data can be deleted and changed.
DVD (DVD-ROM and DVD video)
Abbreviation for Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc. A DVD is an optical data storage
medium that can contain a maximum of 17 Gbytes of data. These data cannot be changed.
DVD+RW
Abbreviation for Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc + ReWriteable. A DVD+RW is an optical
data storage medium that can be written with a maximum of 4.7 Gbytes of data virtually an unlimited
number of times. This means the data can be deleted and changed.
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DVD+RW, DVD-RAM and DVD-RW are different standards. The notebooks from Fujitsu
Siemens Computers GmbH only support the DVD+RW standard.
Combo drive (CD-RW/DVD)
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The combo drive in your notebook contains a light-emitting diode (LED), classification as
per IEC 825-1:1993: CLASS 1 LASER, and may therefore not be opened.
With the combo drive you can read all optical data storage media named above. You can also write
CD-Rs and CD-RWs.