Combo drive not pulling disks in: feels like something is in

I have this problem its about my combo drive, it doesn't take disk in any more. The mechanism that pulls the cd in is no longer working. cds wont go in when inserted more than 1/2 of the cd. I cant push the cd in any further, it feels like there is something in side blocking. The last time the drive worked was a few months back. I ejected a cdrw from the drive. the cdrw was damaged. the metallic layer on the disk came off. since than the drive will not accept disks.

Hopefully it's not seriously damaged.
Keeping my fingers crossed.
-kay

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Sound like there is directory damage. Try DiskWarrior
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Before I try that, my question is that given that I know a good CD is inside the combo drive, is there any command (in Terminal) that would make the system force it to mount?
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