Anyone know why this weird CD won't fit in my CD drive?
Anyone know why this weird CD won't fit in my CD drive?
28 comments
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Too big, use this:
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You have to sand it down to fit. Easy mistake to make
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Have you tried pushing it really hard?
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maybe op didn't realize it's a HD, thus it needs to be driven hard into position
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In all seriousness, I've always thought the platters were extremely thin inside a HDD, but never actually had one open. That looks quite thick actually.
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This is maybe 10 years old and a single platter drive. It's possible multi-platter drives would have much thinner ones.
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It's a common misconception to try this in the cd drive. You actually have to insert it in floppy drive slot (nowadays only really old computers have them). You might have to push it in with a bit of force though, because they tend to lock up if you haven't used them for a while...
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You have to use toothpaste (if I remember correctly).
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They make really good spin fidgets.
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Yup. Really nice bearings. I also have a few HDD magnets that work well as hold-downs for laser cutting.
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Did you try microwaving the CD?
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That's a mirror sir
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You goof, you need to put it into the floopy drive!
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They make excellent coasters and those magnets ensure things will NEVER fall down
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Use a hammer.
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Seems you accidentally made the inner hole too big, just make it smaller with some duct tape and you should be good
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Because it's the wrong size
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Weird, try blowing on it
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Put it back into its CD drive, the one on the table that you took apart for no reason at all, and it’ll work a treat, I promise.
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That’s a drinks coaster.
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Because they are prefab ninja stars.
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Putting it in the freezer might shrink it down a bit.
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You have to lick it to get it to stick to the laser.
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Poka yoke?
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put it in the freezer for a couple hours
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What you have there is a hard disk drive. In order to fit it into the CD drive (or Compact Disk drive) you need to first compact it! A hydraulic press is the preferred method.
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Hard disks may fragment when one tries to compact them. It will need to be defragmented afterwards.
Softer disks are more amenable to be compressed into compact disks, floppy ones work best.