Blu-Ray drive on FZ38M

[margheor]

I just bough and finished installing my FZ38M with basically evrything I had. I created a Vaio recovery disc to start with but I now want to do a full backup. I've read the specs on this model but Sony doesn'y gove any write times for Blu-Ray so i was wondering if this model can actually write to blu-ray or it just reads it?

[Thalamus.]

Hi martheman,

welcome to Club VAIO..

Your FZ38M can only play Blu-ray Disc's..

Optical
CD-ROM (read) : 24 x Speed
CD-R (write) : 8 x Speed
CD-RW (write) : 8 x Speed
DVD-ROM (read) : 8 x Speed
DVD +R (write) : 8 x Speed
DVD +RW (write) 4 x Speed
DVD -R (write) : 8 x Speed
DVD -RW (write) : 4 x Speed
DVD Dual Layer (write) : 2.4 x Speed
BD (read) : 2 x Speed

You can see the specifications for your Vaio using the following link: FZ38M Specifications

[margheor]

If thats the case, does Sony offer an upgrade option for my Latptop model as I know other models in this series have drives that write to Blu-Ray. Can I purchase an upgrade drive to install or to send in my Laptop for an upgrade?

[Thalamus.]

If thats the case, does Sony offer an upgrade option for my Latptop model as I know other models in this series have drives that write to Blu-Ray. Can I purchase an upgrade drive to install or to send in my Laptop for an upgrade?

No not that I am aware of martheman..

You could however purchase an external HDD and something like Acronis True Image 11 to create and store a backup image..

Depending on what you have created a backup of, you could restore your Vaio Operating system, applications, user settings, and all your personal data in the event of a fatal system crash or virus attack to as it was when you created the image..