User’s Manual 4-10
Operating Basics
TOSHIBA Disc Creator and Corel Digital Studio are provided as writing
software with this computer.
Corel Digital Studio can be used to write files in video format. TOSHIBA
Disc Creator can be used to write data.
Important message
Before you write or rewrite to any of the media supported by the DVD
Super Multi drive or BD-Combo/BD-Writer drive, please read and follow all
of the setup and operating instructions in this section. If you fail to do so,
you may find that the DVD Super Multi drive or BD-Combo/BD-Writer drive
may not function properly, and you may fail to write or rewrite information
successfully - this may cause you to either lose data or incur other damage
to the drive or media.
Disclaimer
TOSHIBA does not bear responsibility for the following:
■ Damage to any CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-R (Dual Layer), DVD-RW,
DVD+R, DVD+R (Double Layer), DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, BD-R, BD-R
(Dual Layer), BD-RE or BD-RE (Dual Layer) disc that may be caused
by writing or rewriting with this product.
■ Any change or loss of the recorded contents of CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R,
DVD-R (Dual Layer), DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R (Double Layer),
DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, BD-R, BD-R (Dual Layer), BD-RE or BD-RE
(Dual Layer) media that may be caused by writing or rewriting with this
product, or for any business profit loss or business interruption that may
be caused by the change or loss of the recorded contents.
■ Damage that may be caused by using third party equipment or
software.
■ Please refer to the Writable discs, Chapter 2 for details about the types
of writable CD/DVD/BD discs that can be supported by this computer.
■ Do not turn off the power to the optical disc drive while the computer is
accessing it as this may cause you to lose data.
■ CD-R/RW media cannot be accessed using the burn cd/dvd option in
Media Center.
■ To write data to CD-R/-RW media, use the TOSHIBA Disc Creator
feature that is installed on your computer.
When writing information to media using an optical drive, you should
always ensure that you connect the AC adaptor to a live power socket. It is
possible that, if data is written while powered by the battery pack, the write
process may sometimes fail due to low battery power - in these instances
data loss may occur.