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Old February 25th 06, 03:24 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Greetings all,
I've got a USB 2.0 Card Reader with a three inch CD.

My computer's drive accepts a larger CD - 4.5 inch diameter CD.

I'm using a Dell PC / Windows 98 / PIII @ 350 mhz

Is there a workaround to use this CD - like an external small CD drive?

Many thanks for your advice.
Eddy


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Old February 25th 06, 03:43 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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I don't know that particular computer, but all of my CD drives take the
smaller discs. Open you drive bay and look at the ring you drop your
CD into. There is probably a smaller ring inside of that and slightly
lower. The small CD drops right in there.

Good luck.

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Old February 25th 06, 04:30 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 02:24:51 GMT, long eddy wrote:
Greetings all,
I've got a USB 2.0 Card Reader with a three inch CD.

My computer's drive accepts a larger CD - 4.5 inch diameter CD.

I'm using a Dell PC / Windows 98 / PIII @ 350 mhz

Is there a workaround to use this CD - like an external small CD drive?


No workaround. You put it in your eeveryday drive and use it. I've
even received business-sized card CD's -- not even round fer cripes
sakes! -- and they work "ok".

Jonesy
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Old February 25th 06, 04:32 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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long eddy wrote:
Greetings all,
I've got a USB 2.0 Card Reader with a three inch CD.

My computer's drive accepts a larger CD - 4.5 inch diameter CD.

I'm using a Dell PC / Windows 98 / PIII @ 350 mhz

Is there a workaround to use this CD - like an external small CD
drive?

Many thanks for your advice.
Eddy


I think most drives will accept them. In fact I believe most drives
will accept the business card size and shape ones.

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Old February 25th 06, 05:30 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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On 2006-02-24 21:24:51 -0500, "long eddy" said:

Greetings all,
I've got a USB 2.0 Card Reader with a three inch CD.

My computer's drive accepts a larger CD - 4.5 inch diameter CD.

I'm using a Dell PC / Windows 98 / PIII @ 350 mhz

Is there a workaround to use this CD - like an external small CD drive?

Many thanks for your advice.
Eddy


If your CD tray has a smaller indent in the center of the tray it
should accept the smaller disk just fine. Although your PC is early
enough (like long before the 3" inc h D) it may not. You can nuy an
external drive, but quite frankly, for three times the price of the
drive you can by a modern computer.... like 2+ Ghz, Win XP and a
DVDRW/CDRW drive that will do a lot more than read 3" disks.

PS.. not all drives take the business card size CD's Some warn
vehemently against it.

Jim

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Old February 25th 06, 08:12 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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"long eddy" wrote in message
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Greetings all,
I've got a USB 2.0 Card Reader with a three inch CD.

My computer's drive accepts a larger CD - 4.5 inch diameter CD.

I'm using a Dell PC / Windows 98 / PIII @ 350 mhz

Is there a workaround to use this CD - like an external small CD drive?

Many thanks for your advice.
Eddy

If as the other posters stated your drive doesn't accept the smaller CD,
just go on line to the card reader's manufacturers site and download the
driver from there. Since you are using W98, you should be able to find the
driver on line.



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Old February 25th 06, 10:18 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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long eddy wrote:
Greetings all,
I've got a USB 2.0 Card Reader with a three inch CD.

My computer's drive accepts a larger CD - 4.5 inch diameter CD.

I'm using a Dell PC / Windows 98 / PIII @ 350 mhz

Is there a workaround to use this CD - like an external small CD
drive?

Many thanks for your advice.
Eddy


What a plonker!


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Old February 25th 06, 03:16 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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In article , Jim says...
On 2006-02-24 21:24:51 -0500, "long eddy" said:

Greetings all,
I've got a USB 2.0 Card Reader with a three inch CD.

My computer's drive accepts a larger CD - 4.5 inch diameter CD.

I'm using a Dell PC / Windows 98 / PIII @ 350 mhz

Is there a workaround to use this CD - like an external small CD drive?

Many thanks for your advice.
Eddy


If your CD tray has a smaller indent in the center of the tray it
should accept the smaller disk just fine. Although your PC is early
enough (like long before the 3" inc h D) it may not.


I had 3" CDs in 1989.

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