Anyone know why this weird CD won't fit in my CD drive?

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• Bhaelfur@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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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  • Gork@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Welcome to the hydroooolic press channel. Today we press hard disk.

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  • theoretiker@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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.

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• EvilEdgelord@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Too big, use this:

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• ieatpwns@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You have to sand it down to fit. Easy mistake to make

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• Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Have you tried pushing it really hard?

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  • expatriado@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    maybe op didn’t realize it’s a HD, thus it needs to be driven hard into position

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• Crozekiel@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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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  • alk@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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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• pitiable_sandwich540@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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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• Notyou@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Did you try microwaving the CD?

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• dogs0n@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You have to use toothpaste (if I remember correctly).

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• dan1101@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They make really good spin fidgets.

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  • wjrii@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yup. Really nice bearings. I also have a few HDD magnets that work well as hold-downs for laser cutting.

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• RedIce25@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You goof, you need to put it into the floopy drive!

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• flango@lemmy.eco.br ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s a mirror sir

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• cosmictrickster@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s a drinks coaster.

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• NatakuNox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because they are prefab ninja stars.

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• Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It is too hard to fit

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• aberrate_junior_beatnik@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because it’s the wrong size

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• WagnasT@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Putting it in the freezer might shrink it down a bit.

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• don@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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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• byte_0verflow@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Weird, try blowing on it

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• cm0002@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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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• ozoned@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You have to lick it to get it to stick to the laser.

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• MTK@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Have you tried a dvd player?

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• vk6flab@lemmy.radio ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Poke yoke?

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• m3t00@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  put it in the freezer for a couple hours

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