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11 June 2007

Okay, this may be a really stupid question, but... Little bitty mini-disk with software driver installation stuff + normal sized CD drive. Little bitty disk do not fit. Halp.

post by: mudpuppie at: 09:14 | 7 comments

If it's one of those 3-inch CDs and you have a slot-loading CD drive, you're out of luck.

A CD drive that has a tray will usually have a 3-inch indention in the middle where the little CD will rest.

(I learned this because I sometimes give out photos and stuff on 3-inch DVD-Rs, and my Mac-using friend can't use them because of the slot-loading issue.)

posted by BoringPostcards 11 June | 09:21

Actually, yeah, it turns out that there's a little indentation for the mini-disk, I was just too bleary-eyed to see it.

I got up at 5 this morning. Do not mind me.

posted by mudpuppie 11 June | 09:23

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posted by danostuporstar 11 June | 09:27

I remember those things. Joey Austin tried to stick one up his nose in 3rd grade.

posted by mudpuppie 11 June | 09:32

Tried? How far did he get? End up in the nurse's office?

posted by danostuporstar 11 June | 09:37

Would danostuporstar please report to the principal's office. You have a laptop to de-tea-ify.

posted by elizard 11 June | 09:58

Tried? How far did he get? End up in the nurse's office?

He didn't get that far. And as coincidence would have it, the school nurse was my mother. She never had to extract any of those things, but she did pull a lot of beans out of ears. Dried beans -- like the ones we used to play Bingo.

posted by mudpuppie 11 June | 10:04

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