Because most operating systems are so large, they cannot fit on a single cd. DVD's can hold much more content, so this is why they are used for recovery discs.
A recovery disc is a CD or DVD used to restore the operating system of a computer to working or factory conditions.
A DVD drive is an input device. A DVD or DVD-ROM disc can be read by the DVD drive. A DVD or DVD-ROM is a disc capable of storing large amounts of data on one disc the size of a standard Compact Disc.
A DVD-r is a Digital video disc that can be recorded only once. A DVD-rw is a disc that can be recorded more than once
The laptop should have come with a DVD, labeled as the "Toshiba Recovery Disc." Place this disc in your DVD drive and restart your computer. OR IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE DISK/S just go to ezrestorepc.com for all your recovery needs from many different brands including the toshiba one :-)
2 choices: First, you've placed a wrong formated Disc into the unit, or a CD instead of a DVD... Second, the unit doesn't have a Disc installed, or it's just "dead" and can't read any Formated Discs...
Put a DVD movie in instead of a game disc
CD and DVD disks are used by optical disc drives.
CD stands for Compact Disc. This is often used to store data like pictures and music. DVD Stands for Digital Versatile Disc. This is often used to store video files and you would often find that this kind of disc is used to playback movies on a DVD player.
DVD+R is a recordable optical disc. The first dual layer DVD+R that was created was in the year 2003. The disc was demonstrated that double layer technology could be used with a DVD+R disc to nearly double the capacity per disc.
A blu-ray disc is used to record videos or shows. It is like a VCR but also like a DVD
The letters DVD stand for "digital video disc." Instead of VHS tapes, movies are now viewed on DVDs or Blu Ray discs.
Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc DVD ("Digital Versatile Disc", often incorrectly explained as "Digital Video Disc") is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality.