A removable disk drive apparatus can insert a smaller diameter disk into a tray
of a vertical drive device, and improve the reliability of the disk supporting
function. The tray, on which a plurality of concave portions for a disk for supporting
disk storage media having different diameters are formed in the concentric positions,
includes larger disk support lugs provided at plural points on the periphery of
the concave portion for a larger diameter disk, and smaller disk support lugs provided
at plural points on the periphery of the concave portion for a smaller diameter
disk. The smaller disk support lugs include a storage groove provided at a plurality
of points on the periphery of the concave portion for a larger diameter disk, flexible
lugs with elastic deformation supported in the storage groove, and having tip portions
projecting into the periphery of the concave portion for a smaller diameter disk,
and a stopper for keeping the tip portions of the flexible lugs projecting above
the surface of the periphery of the concave portion for a smaller diameter disk
from the storage groove.