HP Envy: compatible blank DVDs

What high blank DVDs that are re-writeable storage capacity are compatible with the hp DVD A DH16AFSH DVD RW in my PC HP Envy # 700-406 model, product # J4W42AA #ABA? I need to copy / back up between a few hundred to several hundred concerts of files and folders on a secondary backup in addition to my external hard drive.

Hello

Compatibility with the media is generally a function of optical drive firmware.  If you are going to copy several hundred GB of files, then it will take a looooooooog time and a lot of disks.  If you had to say 800 GB of files to a standard 4.7 GB optical support, then do the math.  You might need close to 160 optical discs.

You can use Imgburn to determine the capabilities of the optical drive for media types.

I have an HP internal optical drive (not the same as yours) and I used the below listed optical media with a high success rate.

Verbatim 8 x DVD + RW 4.7 GB rewritable

In extenso 2 x rewritable DVD + RW 4.7 GB

In verbatim 2 X BD - RE 25 GB rewritable

If your drive can handle the BD-RE XLthen each disc would hold 100 GB but $ 60 for 5 disks you might want to consider something else for archival purposes.

I suggest to go with another hard drive external to the archive files like optical media and drives also are endangered.

Thanks for posting on the forum.

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