Cant Startup MacBook

So I understand that the grey screen with question mark and folder indicates that it can not find the startup disc.
I understand that I need to boot from a new startup disc and repair the connection.
But I can not eject the CD that is in there so that I can put in the Tiger CD to start from. Pressing eject and every combination of eject does not work.
*"Where is the manual eject on these MacBooks, like the older Ibooks?"*
please help
Thanks in advance.
Jack

It was the latter
Then it won't work with your MacBook
what if I do not have the disc that came with the computer.
You'll have to find a copy somewhere, or call Apple tech support and order another one. No retail copy of Mac OS X of any version will start your MacBook.
is there another way to boot from a start up disc.
Not unless you can find a Firewire hard drive with the MacBook's version of Mac OS X installed, or get one of the MacBook-compatible disk utilities such as Disk Warrior, and that will only check and attempt to repair disk catalog problems; it won't help if the OS itself is damaged or corrupted.
Will Norton's work?
No. There is no version of Norton Utilities that is compatible with your MacBook.
Sorry, but if you need to reinstall Mac OS X, you're going to have to get a copy of the installation disk for the MacBook.

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