I am working on my Grandfathers new computer for him, and he has a CD-RW drive and a DVD Drive. The DVD drive doesn't even detect a mini disk when it is put in, but the CD-RW does. Is there an option I need to turn on or a driver I need to d/l for the DVD drive to read mini disks? I had this problem on another computer too. BTW, if it matters, the CD-RW is slaved to the DVD. Much appreciated ahead of time for the help, thanks. "What we did yesterday, shaped today. What we do today, shapes tomorrow."

when you say a "mini disc" i take it you mean the little 3" cd-roms.....not the MiniDiscs from Sony? if its 2 seperate drives and not a combi cd/dvd drive then the dvd drive will prob not read it as it will only really read dvds. if the cd-rom drive reads the mini-discs, where is the problem?

I think they are called pocket disks. I use them and some times my DVD/CD-RW combo drive has a little trouble intilizing the disks before it starts burning usually I have to try twice, I dont think all hardware is fully compatible with theese disks because they arnt vey common. It could also just be the brand you are buying. Some disks will work with a drive but with other disks it will strugle or not be able to read them at all. What d85kennedy said is true, if it is just a DVD drive it probbably wont be able to read anything but DVD's. Mattwizz3 : )

The DVD drive is a Sony and it reads and writes both DVDs and CD-R/RWs. The second drive (the slave) is just a standard RW drive. This drive reads the 3" disks. The DVD doesn't recognize that there is even a blank or filled 3" disk in it. "What we did yesterday, shaped today. What we do today, shapes tomorrow."