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Question posted by mwoolum on February 14th, 2013

Bought A New Toshiba P855. Will Dvd+r Disc Work For Burning On This Laptop

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Answer #1: Posted by tintinb on February 17th, 2013 7:06 AM

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Based on the product specifications of this Toshiba Satellite P855-S5200 laptop, it has a "TSST DVD-SuperMulti drive (R double layer)". This means that you can use this for burning files on DVD R media. You can read the full specifications of this laptop here:

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User Guide - Page 27

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User Guide - Page 40

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