8 cm DVD-rw?

[Harp]

I have a few of the small, 8cm DVDs and a Macbook Pro with the built-in Matshita UJ-857 dvd drive. I would like to use these DVDs but I'm afraid to insert them into the drive for fear that I won't be able to get them out. Are these discs possible to use on this drive?

 

[Giaguara]

The mechanism that kicks the discs out of the drive while ejecting them can not reach 8 cm discs so those would get stuck in.

 

[symphonix]

That's right. Slot-load drives cannot handle 8cm or business-card sized discs.

 

[Harp]

aw.

 

[eric2006]

The best solution to read those disks would be to get an external firewire enclosure for a "regular" CD/DVD drive. Otherwise, they'll get stuck.