Cd stuck in computer

i am not sure if this is the right forum if not please direct me.. i just bought an imac before christmas with snow leopard.
i put one of those pics cd's (from walmart) in and now it won't do anything... won't read the cd but what is worse is i can't get it out of the imac. i have gone to finder and tried to drag to trash which i did but it is still in there. on the desktop there is an icon and i have tried to drag it to the trash but the computer hangs up. now when i go to finder it isn't showing the cd at all.
maybe i stuck it in backwards ??? or it just doesnt like it.
please help!!! thanks in advance.

Yeah computers can be frustrating. But don't let it get to you. There is always a chance the you might get the one that is defective but anything can be fixed and apple is very good about helping you. But as for your problem. I have had a similar issue before. I just let it set for awhile then came back to it. The method I found to get that pesky CD out was to do a restart as everyone said but what I did after that was as soon as the Apple logo appears on the screen hold F11 or eject, I cant remember. Eject seems like to obvious choice but I think it was F11. Just hold the button and the Disk will eject before the mac fully restarts. It has always worked for me. Next time, you can also try that. Good luck.

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