Lost control of dvd drive / problem w bootcamp & windows xp

I have been running Windows XP in my bootcamp partition (and via Parallels) and now have this problem:
my machine does not see my dvd drive, although mechanically, it still works; on start up it spins up, it shifts back and forth, and makes all the normal noises. And, there is a Windows XP install disk still in there.
The Windows XP install disk is in there because I got the "windows32\hal.dll" corrupted error message on starting my Windows side, and I was attempting to repair it by re installing the dll file.
"About this Mac->Hardware->disc burning" shows "No burning device was found. If you are using an external device please make sure that it is connected and powered properly." I get a similar reading on the Windows side: my computer profile.
I've tried the following:
--push the eject button (nothing happens)
--use disk utility to eject (doesn't see a cd drive)
--hold mousepad down while doing cold restart (does not currently work, but it worked last week when I was working on this problem).
--reset pmu by unplugging, removing battery, and holding power switch for 5 secs; then tried cold restart and mousepad. (nothing happens)
To Repeat: it is not a mechanical problem; the disk drive spins up on restart; the disk is not warped or damaged.
I would love to get this disk ejected, so that I then can reformat my drive and start over.
Suggestions?

Open Terminal.app (in OSX), type this in, and press enter.
$ drutil status
It should give the status, and more importantly the Name, mine is /dev/disk4
Now, type in the following and press enter:
$ hdiutil eject -force /dev/DISKNAME
So mine looked like this:
$ hdiutil eject -force /dev/disk4
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