System and method for controlling laser power in an optical disc drive

摘要

A system for controlling laser power in an optical disc drive is provided including instructions operable to reduce the laser power while seeking over tracks in the optical media, to increase the laser power when reading from or writing to the optical media, and to decrease the laser power when turning tracking off. The optical media includes a premastered area that cannot be overwritten and a user-writeable area that can be overwritten.