On Mar 14, 4:38 pm, Paul Heslop wrote:
wrote:

On Mar 14, 3:33 pm, Andrew Rossmann
wrote:
In article 03579953-f242-45f9-a189-
,
says...

Unfortunately, no. I have a sneaking suspicion that such a hollow
might be rare for laptop CD/DVD readers/writers, since (I suspect) a
flat profile is important. I guess I will see if the provider of the
info can send a soft copy.

I assume this is tray-load, and not the kind where the disc snaps onto
the spindle directly?

No, it's a snap-onto-spindle. The only 2 laptops I've used are
similar in that respect.

One of the concerns I have is if the laser somehow wanders beyond the
edge of the CD. I'm not sure about the details of how it works, but
if there is some kind of feedback control, maybe bad things can
happen. It's a remote concern, since reading and writing tends to
work from the centre outward. As well, It's only a read rather than a
burn. Still, it only makes sense to check and rule out this
possibility.

Yeah, i can understand your concern but personally I reckon it would
take a lot of this to cause damage. I'm not too familiar with the
drives on laptops but with a snap on spindle I'm not even sure there
would need to be a groove. I think at this stage I'd try not to panic
and maybe try installing some other stuff using the drive or play an
audio cd or such.

It's installation software that came on the CD, so it has to go into
that particular drive. I wasn't overly concerned about the
possibility of damage, just doing a bit of due diligence before hand.
Thanks for the info about snap-on.

Fred