Apple 2.5" cd

reboot the mac pressing C key during startup when having the mac install disc that came inside the box with the computer inserted

Honestly I would try it on a different computer to see if i can get the pictures to a USB Keydrive then move them to your hard drive

The only to get a mini CD out of your optical drive is to physically remove it from the drive. This means you will have to take the computer apart and then take the optical drive apart to remove the mini CD.

Hi
I think the answer is in your question. Pioneer DVD-RW drive, DVD+R disc.
For some reason known only to Apple, some drives do not work with all discs. Mine will not burn -R dual Layer discs.

If you are unable to boot from the CD's, and you are sure they are the CD's that are supposed to come with that model (the bundled CD's/DVD's are model specific), you may either have bad RAM or other damage to the logic board.
Try holding "D" when you try to start up from the discs instead of C, this should launch a hardware diagnostic utility. Run that, and see if it finds any other damage to the machine.

You can try this:

1. Restart your Mac.
2. After you hear the startup chime, press and hold your trackpad button.
   
3. After a minute or so, and you think nothing is gonna happen, the disc ejects.
4. Release the button once the disc ejects.

most recent apples will not take small discs, use a firewire lead and import on to iMovie then export to iDVD (you can edit simply in iMovie) and burn as many dvds as you want

i understand (i've gone through 3 sony md recordable players & now i have about 15 - 20 md with good mixes from clubs/carribean islands beach partys) the only thing i can suggest is invest in another mini disc that is capable of playing the 74 min disc (and speed that was recorded) here are two sites to check out 1--http://shopping.yahoo.com/s:Portable%20MiniDisc%20Players and 2-- http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=mini+disc+player&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=OhkbSozEApC6tAOr9NCSDw&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title