With this DVD-R/W drive, data from DVDs ranging from 4.7 GB to 8.5 GB can be read. It can also read duplicated standard media, CD-R, and CD-RW media. The drive supports writing to CD-R, CD-RW, DVD +R/RW, and DVD -R/RW media through software programs. On Microsoft operating systems, this is enabled by installing the included Roxio software disk. For other operating systems, a system-specific software program is required for writing to media. This DVD-ROM drive can read not only CD-ROM and CD-R/RW media but also DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD +R/RW, and DVD -R/RW media.

Typical customers require the following:

• Local backup or archiving of retail/branch configurations.