I have a small CRAIG video camera. The driver disk is smaller then a cd or dvd disk. How do I load it on my computer?

What would be the reason for hooking up a portable dvd player to a computer?

Make sure its pluged in to a powersource and try again, you should see the camera in my computer.

There might be fault in the camera.

While I am not a MAC expert, it is not often a problem to try and use a small CD. There is usually an indentation on the CD Transport, which brings it into the drive, to be read.

That indent actually does indicate the placement of a smaller CD, for just such a purpose.

I cannot imagine that Apple would be so stupid as to not use a CD/DVD drive that does not accommodate a small disk.

If you cannot find it, find a friend with a Windows/Intel PC, and ask them to copy your small CD to a larger one for you. I don't believe that is a violation of copyright laws. Or go to a local library and see whether they have computers with CD/DVD writers in them. They should, so that you can do research, then copy it to a CD or DVD to take home.

Worst case is take it to the library, and copy everything on the CD to a Flash or Thumb (USB) drive.

Cheers!
-a.

If you cannot read those CD-disks in _any_ computer, then the disks are "bad".

If you can read those CD-disks, then it's time to replace the CD/DVD drive. Find a smaller computer-store -- often they will remove the "dead" drive, and install the "new" drive, for $0.00, or for a small fee, if you buy the new CD/DVD-writer from them.

You should be able to use the small diameter disk. The disk can be inserted in the CD/DVD drive just like a normal size CD/DVD disk, it locks onto the spindle on the laptop's CD/DVD drive. The laser reads from the center of the disk.

Have you try loading the cd manually? If not here's how put the cd in your cd-rom or dvd whatever you have Xp or older you double click on my computer and double click on the cd rom or dvd rom. Vista click on start click on computer then find your disk drive.

I have this video camera. It seemed like a good deal at $200 at Christmas time. It is suppose to be able to record on DVD-R, +R disks. (re-writable and write disks) I have had issues with not being able to finalize the disk. I found you needed to keep at least 5 minutes on the disk to finalize it. It will not play in any DVD player or a Computer till it is finalized. The info stored on the disk is in RAW form. Finalizing it will create a "lead in" and "lead out" and a menu for your computer and/or DVD player to understand. A large part of whether it will play or not, is what is your DVD Player or DVD Drive on you computer capable of? DVD Players usually will play anything that has been finalized, same with your DVD drive on your computer. BUT! Yep there's a but, sorry. DVD players and DVD Drives sometimes can only read one type of disk. Either a DVD-R or DVD+R, some may not be able to read a re-writable disk too. Look through your manuals on your Laptop and your DVD Player(s) and try to match the correct media (i.e. DVD-R or DVD+R Write or Re-Writable) I found that between my PC and my DVD Player, that DVD+R would work without a hitch for both electonics. Download that software that Samsung gave you in with the video camera. It may end up loading the driver software to help you're computer to recognize the video DVD you are trying to play. Oh, and make sure you really do have a DVD player/burner drive installed. I went to play a movie on my wife's Laptop and found it came with a CD drive and no DVD drive. That's not what I ordered and I was about a year to late to complain to the company. :( Hope that helps.

The Sanyo CG9 Website will provide you with the free tools you need to view your videos on your computer. The website will not allow you to download commercial software like Ulead MovieFactory that may have come on disks with your camera. If you have your disks, this is the software you will use to edit your clips smaller or make DVD video disks.
I cannot recommend where to download commercial software.

If you don't have the original sanyo cd's try and google "free mp4 editor".

What type of drive do u have?..there is 2 different sizes on the disk holder in your drive..1 is for all larger disks and there is a smaller spot to put 3" disks on(right in the center of your tray)

Maybe the laser is unable to focus on the smaller pits and lands of a DVD disk but can see the relatively large pits and lands from a CD just fine. This may be solved by using a CD/DVD cleaner disk. It's a disk with small brushes on it that attempt to brush dust from the laser's lense. They don't always work but that's what I'd try.