Today, I googled for an hour how to open my CD player on my laptop. Turns out, there is none. They just put a space there to make it look like a CD player. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, at work, I put my earphones in to listen to some music. An hour later, I realised I never pressed play. FML
Today, I bought a CD off a man who always plays Spanish guitar in the subway. When I got to work and tried playing the CD, it was blank. I paid $15 for a blank CD. FML
Today, I tried to look for a copy of a CD that my mom wanted after Amazon lost it. For some reason, that specific CD can only be ordered online. None of the stores have it in stock and the one store I tried wouldn't allow me to use the "ship to store" option on their website. FML
Today, I found out that my old DVD player had stopped reading my DVDs. I had the dumb idea to stick my finger in there to see what the problem was. I found the problem, which was that my fingernail wasn't on my finger after doing that. FML
Today, I was tempted into clicking a shady link with the promise of free MP3s of De La Soul’s first four albums, with all the original samples. Long story short, I had to do a system restore on my laptop. Now it won’t play audio files for some inexplicable reason. FML
Today, I was so bored I googled the word "bored." The results were boring. FML
Today, I made my mom a mix CD for her car. It took me ages to find just the right songs that would be perfect for her. When I played it for her in the car, she took it out and threw it out of the window. FML
Today, I found an old USB drive and spent an hour trying to open it because I was sure it had important files on it. It contained one blurry photo of my thumb and a Word doc titled “Do not open", which was actually blank. FML
Today, my kids found out how to control my Google alarm clock with their phones. While I was gone, they set it to play screamo metal at max volume, then paused it. Sometime after midnight, as I was sleeping, they pressed play. FML
Today, the speakers on my laptop weren't working. I worried I'd broken something, and started freaking out. I restarted my computer numerous times and played with the settings for an hour before calling my sister in to help. She looked at it for two seconds, then unplugged my headphones. FML
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Top comments
danthehuman 29
The CD player was a lie.
apitrix 24
CD's have gone the way of the floppy disk! LONG LIVE THE USB!
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Bookworm1982 4
Sometimes that space can be removed and you can put a real CD player in. Maybe that is the case?
sodit89 4
not a toshiba?! mines exactly the same, even has the cd drives listed and everything.... but no...
cari_cat 19
Just as annoying as womens' jeans always having pretend pockets.
nodai 13
It doesn't look like one, it's a place for one to go. Google what kind of cd player would fit on it, buy it, and get a tech savvy relative to install it.
coppersmith 13
Here's how you solve the problem... 1. Buy a new laptop with CD player (this time check properly) 2. Buy a maintenance toolkit. Make sure it contains a Philips screwdriver. 3. Check YouTube for how to uninstall CD-ROM 4. Uninstall CD player from your new laptop. 5. Using reverse steps, install it on your old laptop. Now you have your laptop with a CD player. problem solved in 5 easy steps!
knoxxx 22
1. Go to the store and buy an external cd/dvd port that connects via USB. 2. Plug it in
steam_engenius 21
Disc tray*
ratman775 27
Or CD drive...
purple_bunnies 20
Mines the same way. I have an Acer Aspire Touch laptop and when I got it my dad and I spent way too long trying to open it
Wehan 8
Most likely you can buy a DVD-ROM and install it fairly easy and for under $30. Newegg. Com Just look up a video on how remove the cover plate and how to install the drive. Should take 20min max.
sky_star101 7
This exact thing happened to me! Ugh I hate it.
TheBeastMan69 4
Luckily you can buy a usb cd player for like $20