CD in Laptop

[Robin]

Does anyone know if it's safe to leave a CD in your laptop drive while traveling?

I plan to sleep on the way out, but wouldn't mind bringing a DVD with me for the flight home. Instead of shelping another item, I was wonder if I could just leave it in the laptop, or if the jostling could damage the drive?

[Tagrel]

Does the CD drive in your laptop 'lock' the CD in place? Mine does, and while it might not have been on PURPOSE, I have left a CD in there while travelling and it did no harm... But I'm sure they don't SUGGEST doing this! ;)

[Robin]

Typical laptop drive where it 'snaps' into place. I figured it would be safe...just wanted another opinion. Glad to hear you've done it...and it survived.

[WillCAD]

Perfectly safe, I do it all the time.

My laptop is actually designed to play music CDs while the laptop is off and closed; pretty convenient.

[Robin]

Would you believe when I went to put the DVD in...I found I've forgotten a CD in the drive? http://cgrobin.com/images/smileys/more/Yalot.gif