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.