Changing startup disk.. help

I was attempting to gain access to an old external harddrive, so I downloaded a live CD. I changed the startup disk in the system preferences and restarted my computer. To my knowledge this was a one time change, meaning it would only target my DVD drive for one boot. So I used the live CD and I can't seem to eject it from my computer. Also, I can't force it to boot from my harddrive. I know keystrokes can initiate a different boot but nothing seems to work.
Somethings I have tried:
- While turning on the computer....
- option key
- C
- eject button
- Allowing the mac to boot into the live disk and attempting to eject the disk that way
Any help would be great. Let me know if I need to provide any more details. Thanks!

randomacct wrote:
I was attempting to gain access to an old external harddrive, so I downloaded a live CD. I changed the startup disk in the system preferences and restarted my computer. To my knowledge this was a one time change, meaning it would only target my DVD drive for one boot.
that's incorrect. changing startup disk in system preferences is a permanent change, not a one time change.
So I used the live CD and I can't seem to eject it from my computer. Also, I can't force it to boot from my harddrive. I know keystrokes can initiate a different boot but nothing seems to work.
Somethings I have tried:
- While turning on the computer....
- option key
holding option should have worked. what exactly happens when you reboot holding option? it should boot you into startup disk manager.
if this does not happen, try resetting PRAM
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
then try option boot again. also, what kind of keyboard are you using? you may want to try a different keyboard, preferably a wired apple keyboard.
- C
- eject button
- Allowing the mac to boot into the live disk and attempting to eject the disk that way
Any help would be great. Let me know if I need to provide any more details. Thanks!

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