A disk cartridge device includes first and second disk cartridges of different
sizes for housing therein disks of different disk diameters and a cassette compartment
onto which the first and second disk cartridges are selectively loaded, the cassette
compartment including a pair of positioning pins having height-deciding bases for
properly placing the first disk cartridge and a pair of positioning pins having
height-deciding bases for properly placing the second disk cartridge, wherein the
first disk cartridge has stepped escape holes formed on its lower surface to enable
itself to escape from the positioning pins by which the second disk cartridge is
properly positioned in the loading state when positioning holes of the first disk
cartridge are properly fitted into positioning pins and the height is properly decided.