# Odd computer Q

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-computer-q/698510>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 14, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-computer-q/698510 "2014-09-14T23:37:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-computer-q/698510/1 "2014-09-14T23:37:01Z")

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My laptop does not have a DVD/Blue ray tray that extends out, it has a slot you insert the disc into.  
Cool works great on full sized discs.  
I got an accessory that came with one of those mini CDs to load the drivers. How to I get my player to accept and use this mini-me disc?  
I tired a half a dozen times and could not get the disc to load. I even tried to move it into place with a credit card. No joy.  
Suggestions?

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**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-computer-q/698510/2 "2014-09-14T23:42:01Z")

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Maybe you can download the software from the accessory manufacturer’s web site.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-computer-q/698510/3 "2014-09-14T23:43:19Z")

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First suggestion: Don’t try to stick the mini-cd in your drive **ever** again!  
That’s a great way to get a disc jammed in the drive and ruin it

Second suggestion - Download the drivers from their website, and if that doesn’t work, find someone with a try-loading drive to read them for you and stick them on a USB drive.

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**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-computer-q/698510/4 "2014-09-14T23:46:01Z")

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If you search on “mini cd adapter” you will find a lot of them but all say “not available” (at Amazon, etc.) I also saw that Apple had applied for a patent on an adapter; is that why no one makes them? I didn’t keep on searching so maybe you could still find one.

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-computer-q/698510/5 "2014-09-15T01:14:08Z")

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or on another computer copy the mini-cd onto a full sized cd.