Disc won't eject and i've tried everything

I've tried the eject button on the computer, the utilities eject, restarting the computer with my mouse button clicked. There's no disc icon on the screen. Help.

If you can see the disc, try using a pair of tweezers to drag it out. If that doesn't work, take the computer and put it on its side and see if you can ull it out that way.

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You haven't given much information about what you have tried so starting from the beginning:
Have worked through this article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1421
If you have and it didn't help, at least you should know if the problem is system wide, or confined to one account. This is an important first step.
Error message free launch failure can be tricky, and it is easiest if iTunes.exe persists on the processes tab as that means that iTunes is launching, but getting stuck.
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My hard disk crashed on my Powerbook G4. I have the aluminum 17 inch with 1.0 mhz. I had OS X 10,4.7 installed on it. I bought a new hard drive from iFixit.com with more memory. The installation seemed to go OK. I put my Tiger installation disc in and nothing happens. I can turn on the computer but other than the light in the door opener nothing happens. I can't eject the Tiger disc now. I have tried the eject button, starting it up with the mouse key pressed down, starting up with the option key depressed and nothing works. I tried getting into it manually with tweezers and I couldn't grab it. Do I need to install from the original Software install and restore disc? If so, how can I get the Tiger disc out so I can get the original installation disc in. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Well, I've made some progress. In case you didn't see my earlier post, my hard drive crashed. I bought a new one from iFixit.com with more memory. The installation went smoothly as far as I can tell. I have an aluminum 17 in Powerbook G4 with 1.0 mghz. I am trying to install Tiger and then restore my data from my Maxtor external hard drive where I have the data backed up. I read somewhere to check the memory. I have two and found I hadn't seated them well enough. Now the Tiger disc will open and start installing, but when it comes to the screen where it says to select a destination volume, I am given no choices and I can't go forward. I still need to know if I can completely install Tiger from the Tiger disc or do I need to install the original Software install and restore disc first. Then, how can I get the Tiger disc out. I have tried the eject button, starting it up with the mouse key down, starting it up with the option key down, and tweezers. Nothing works to eject the disc. Also now I can't physically open the top from the body of the computer with the battery in place. It opens fine with the battery out.I would appreciate some help. Thank you in advance.
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BDAqua,
I don't know anything about those things. The instructions on installing the new hard drive were very detailed and didn't mention any of those terms. I still think I may need to install that original disc I got with my computer but I can't because the Tiger disc is stuck.
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ITunes won't open and i've tried everything!

Hi there,
when i try to open itunes on my windows pc i get a message saying 'the folder "itunes" cannot be found or created, and is required. the default location for this folder is inside the "my music" folder.'
my laptop was running out of space, so i moved my itunes library onto an external harddrive. when i next turned on my pc and tried to open itunes this was when i started getting the above message. i moved the libary back into the same place on my laptop's harddisk as before, but to no avail. when i pasted the files back, however, i noticed that the folder was no longer called 'my music' but 'eddy's music' (my username on the laptop, and i am the only user). my laptop isn't allowing my to rename it.
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See this post if My Music is not in the list of special folders in TweakUI:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1731188&#1731188
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iPod Updater 2006-01-10 delivers:
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Really annoyed with the fact that this disc is proving difficult to eject. The laptop is not reading the dvd, therefore the usuall methods of ejecting a disc hasn't worked, e.g. pressing the eject button and moving the disc icon to the trash. I have tried the disk utilty application as well, still, the laptop does not recognise that there is a disc inserted!
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One thing I havent tried is to take it to a store or specialist but I would like to try remove it myself first as going to a store is a hassle!!! is there any other way that i havent tried
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Hi
Thaks for the post, tried to reset the smc following your link... did the little turning the computer off and pressing shift-ctrl-option and power at the same time then releasing it. turned on the computer and tired pressing the trackpad. same result however with drive making noise but the disc won't eject i will keep trying though but do you know of any other methods??
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Look at these links:
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http://www.osxfaq.com/dailytips/08-2002/08-12.ws
Ejecting media in Mac OS X: Removing 'stuck' CDs/DVDs
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Power Macintosh G3 and G4: About the DVD-RAM Drive
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PowerPC-based Macintosh: How to eject a disc when other options don't work
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I don't know if this is a bi-product of my disc not ejecting, but when i restart my screen is just a gray color for a long period of time. I only recently got back to the main desktop. I have a blank disc in the drive, that won't eject. I have tried about every way possible to get the stupid thing out, but it won't eject. If anyone can explain the gray screen or why I can't get my disc out, please help. THanks.

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