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-- Posted by twilightxlovex at 7:42 am on Nov. 29, 2008

i was burning a cd and it was almost finished when my computer made this funny litle sound. Now it won't eject or do anything with the disk or the CD Drive.
I can do everything else on my computer.

How do I fix it?


-- Posted by piemaster at 7:44 am on Nov. 29, 2008

There should be a pin sized hole in the front of the disk drive, insert a pin or something small to make the drive open. You can remove whatever is in it that way.


-- Posted by DemonicRainbows at 7:45 am on Nov. 29, 2008

Bust that computer open and get the disk XD


-- Posted by Googoie at 7:45 am on Nov. 29, 2008

I would give it a few minutes, just to see if it will unexpectedly do something, and then restart it.


-- Posted by Niddan at 7:47 am on Nov. 29, 2008

the elves are holding it back


-- Posted by tennisplayerV2 at 7:55 am on Nov. 29, 2008

sounds like somethings is wrong with the disk


-- Posted by espresso8097 at 6:43 pm on Nov. 29, 2008

Quote: from piemaster at 9:44 am on Nov. 29, 2008


There should be a pin sized hole in the front of the disk drive, insert a pin or something small to make the drive open. You can remove whatever is in it that way.

Do that when the power is off, not as bad for the motors.

That has happened to me, just had to restart the computer.  


-- Posted by britishguy at 4:03 am on Dec. 2, 2008

You can try turning off the computer and then turning it on again and then ejecting normally. If that doesn't work then shut the system down and look for a tiny pin-sized hole on the front of the drive near the edge of the tray. Poke a thin object like a pin or better still, a straightened out paperclip (because it's blunt) into the hole and push. you shoudl feel a lever that moves and as it goes the tray should manually eject.

If you ever do this with the power on then you risk having the disk spinning as you do it and possibly damaging the drive.


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