Q. A colleague told me that I can remove a CD or floppy that’s stuck in its disk drive with a paperclip. Is that true? I’m hesitant to try it, for fear it will destroy my computer. A. Your colleague ...

Try to clear a stuck mini-CD or mini-DVD the simple way. Tilt the drive so that its slot points downward. (This is easy if the computer involved is a laptop, as is most often the case.) ...