[X Newbies] Disk Utility/RESOLVED
J
themacintoshlady at earthlink.net
Tue Jan 20 09:08:40 PST 2004
On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, at 09:56 AM, Alex wrote:
>> [...] after racking my brain trying to figure out why they couldn't
>> find ANY files with "disk" in the name I ask her how she spelled it.
>> "D-I-S-C, just like on the CDs" she replied. [...]
>
> A subtle and often ignored point: in Computerese, "disk" is a magnetic
> storage medium (e.g., hard disk), while "disc" is an optical storage
> medium (e.g., compact disc).
Disk Utility was spelled right. I dont know why his search revealed
nothing but when I got my hands on the computer I located it
immediately.
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