Disk drives frequently auto-retract when ejected

Not really sure how often, it seems random. I'd say they do it about 50% of the time. Hoping for a fix It has been going on since I installed Arch a month or two ago I figure.

thisoldman wrote:
You need to give more information, please.
What DE or WM are you using? What app or apps are you using when the unwanted disk drawer action happens?
Does it occur only after burning, or after any action? Is it only with audio CDs or does it happen with data CDs?
Does 'eject' from the command line give the same behavior?
I figured this, but I didn't know what information to give, but its always just a question away right?
KDE. Usually none, as I tend to eject after I'm finished doing something. It doesn't generally happen after burning if it happens after burning at all.
I don't generally try to eject them if I haven't done anything with them, so I'm not sure. Mostly been handling video DVDs lately, but I've had plenty of issues with other disks in the past if my memory serves me correctly ... though I forget if it was with data CDs, audio CDs, or both.
eject from the command line gives this behavior, as does reaching down and pushing the button.

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If you go to Disk Utility, can you see the drive on the left hand side? If not, then the drive is dead. You'll have to buy a new drive.
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Disk drive keeps kicking out when a new disc is put in.

Anyone,
I just got a new disc, which plays well in the car, but when I bring it in the house and put it in the
Lenovo G575, it just kicks it out and states in the dialog box, Insert a disc into Drive F. I then
bought a new pack of CD's and for everyone of them, I am getting the same message.
Can someone let me know what they think the problem would be and how I can resolve this.
Thanx so much in advance.
Jerry

Hi
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It seems there is some mechanical issue or dust in the drive which is hampering the disk to fit in the driver
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Urgent Help Needed - Frozen disk drive & mouse

This is quite a complicated situation, but i will put it simply:
I woke my mac from its sleep, and went to connect to the internet(wanadoo broadband. It wouldnt do it and went from saying 'connecting....connecting...'on the finder bar in the right hand corner(next to where the time is)and said 'disconnecting...' over and over. This usually last a few seconds but 5 minutes later it was still doing it, so i went to restart the mac.
When it was restarting, it went to the login page, and it never does this, so i went to use the mouse to click on it, but it wouldnt move from the top left corner of the screen. So, i used the keyboard to select it and logged in. Once it had got into the finder the mouse still wouldnt move. The time kept coming on and then disappearing again over and over.
I have tried opening Norton Disk doctor but i can select any options because the mouse wont work and a live update comes up before it opens and i cant select the option of not to use it. I have tried several things, i restarted using the on/of button and no change, i have unplugged all the usb devices but nothing has changed.The disk drive wont open either when i click on the eject key. So i cant reboot from a disc because
1)disk drive wont open
2)I cant click on the apple in the top left corner to go to the restart option and then hold down any keys.
The only reason i am on the net is cos i have used my flat mates pc to hook up on the net so i can get some advice, the apple helpline wont help me as i no longer have apple care plan, and i dont want to go out and travel to a different city to get hold of a new mouse, if it isnt the initial problem.
I really need help because i have work to do and deadlines to meet and even though i have the work backed up on an external hardrive, i cant access it because what i am using is a pc and my work is formatted for a mac. I also didnt get round to backing up all my music from itunes, so i really hope it doesnt come to formatting my hardrive because i dont want to lose all my files.
Can anyone help me please? Im desperate

StreeX,
If you have time, search the Discussions for "Disk Doctor Kervorkian". Symantec Systemworks / Norton Disk Doctor is widely and consistintly blamed for making things worse, sometimes irrepairablly so. (So be grateful you couldn't select it.)
You wisely unplugged other USB peripherals, but did you try unplugging and re-pluging the keyboard and mouse? Also try disconnecting your Ethernet (and phone line if any). The only peripherals should be the keyboard and mouse.
Does the mouse's red LED light up when the computer is on? Try both with the mouse plugged into the keyboard and with the mouse plugged directly into the Mac.
You can force the optical tray to open by holding down the mouse button while starting up. It's also possible to carefully (and gently!) pry the drawer and then the tray open with a fingernail of X-acto type knife blade.
You can force the Mac to restart unconditionally holding down command-control-eject (see Magical Macintosh Key Sequences)
Can you get the Mac to start up in Safe Mode?
With the optical tray open you can try booting from youe OS X Install disc to run Repair Disk to check for errors. An alternative is to boot to single-user mode and run the file system check utility. Refer to Using Disk Utility and fsck.

Disks do not auto-failover; must metaset take first

Hello,
In Solaris 10, Cluster 3.2, two node:local zone cluster.
The SAN disks do not auto-failover when I do a switch on the resource group. Instead, to fail over, I must:
- clrg online fails
- manually mount the SAN disks to the node
- clrg online success
To fail over to other node, must
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# Dec 10 11:03:35 pluto SC[SUNW.HAStoragePlus:6,ftp4-com-rg,ftp4-data-has,hastorageplus_prenet_start]: Mount of /zones/ftp_zone/root/ftp_user_data failed: (33) mount: /zones/ftp_zone/root/ftp_user_data: Device busy
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- so now the rg is offine
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vfstab has been updated:
/dev/md/ftpbin/dsk/d110 /dev/md/ftpbin/rdsk/d110 /zones/ftp_zone/root/mysql_data ufs 1 no logging
/dev/md/ftpdata/dsk/d111 /dev/md/ftpdata/rdsk/d111 /zones/ftp_zone/root/ftp_user_data ufs 1 no logging
jupiter /etc # metaset
Set name = ftpbin, Set number = 1
Host Owner
jupiter Yes
pluto
Driv Dbase
d2 Yes
Set name = ftpdata, Set number = 2
Host Owner
jupiter Yes
pluto
Driv Dbase
d3 Yes
Edited by: onetree on Dec 10, 2008 10:02 PM

Ok, I found the cause. Need help finding solution.
I verified I have patch 124918-02, which is obsoleted by 120011-14
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102546-1
The cause is in device groups and/or metasets. Need to get rid of ftpbin group, which points to the same disks as ftpabin.
pluto:/dev/md# ls -l
total 14
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Jul 10 13:05 admin -> ../../devices/pseudo/md@0:admin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Aug 18 11:13 dsk
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Dec 10 16:13 ftpabin -> shared/3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Dec 10 16:13 ftpbin -> shared/1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Dec 10 16:13 ftpdata -> shared/2
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Aug 18 11:13 rdsk
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Sep 25 18:17 shared -> ../../global/.devices/node@2/dev/md/shared
pluto:/dev/md/shared# find . -ls
7 1 drwxrwxr-x 5 root root 512 Dec 10 15:42 .
4291 1 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 512 Dec 3 14:01 ./1
4292 1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Dec 10 16:13 ./1/dsk
4300 1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 Dec 10 16:13 *./1/dsk/d110* -> ../../../../../devices/pseudo/md@0:1,110,blk
4295 1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Dec 10 16:13 ./1/rdsk
4304 1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 Dec 10 16:13 *./1/rdsk/d110* -> ../../../../../devices/pseudo/md@0:1,110,raw
4298 1 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 512 Dec 3 14:22 ./2
4299 1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Dec 10 16:13 ./2/dsk
4296 1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 Dec 10 16:13 ./2/dsk/d111 -> ../../../../../devices/pseudo/md@0:2,111,blk
4302 1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Dec 10 16:13 ./2/rdsk
4310 1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 Dec 10 16:13 ./2/rdsk/d111 -> ../../../../../devices/pseudo/md@0:2,111,raw
4305 1 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 512 Dec 10 15:42 ./3
4306 1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Dec 10 16:13 ./3/dsk
4307 1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 Dec 10 16:13 *./3/dsk/d110* -> ../../../../../devices/pseudo/md@0:3,110,blk
4309 1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Dec 10 16:13 ./3/rdsk
4311 1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 Dec 10 16:13 *./3/rdsk/d110* -> ../../../../../devices/pseudo/md@0:3,110,raw
# cldg status
Device Group Name Primary Secondary Status
ftpbin - - Offline
ftpdata jupiter pluto Online
ftpabin jupiter pluto Online
# cldg show
Device Group Name: ftpbin
Type: SVM
failback: false
Node List: pluto
preferenced: false
numsecondaries: 1
diskset name: ftpbin
pluto:/dev/md# cldg delete ftpbin
cldg: (C795573) This operation is not allowed for Solaris Volume Manager device groups.
cldg: (C747142) Use the metaset(1M) or metassist(1M) commands to modify or delete Solaris Volume Manager device groups.
cldg: (C178871) Deletion of device group "ftpbin" failed.
pluto:/dev/md# metaclear -s ftpbin
metaclear: pluto: setname "ftpbin": no such set
pluto:/dev/md# metaset
Set name = ftpdata, Set number = 2
Host Owner
jupiter
pluto
Driv Dbase
d3 Yes
Set name = ftpabin, Set number = 3
Host Owner
jupiter
pluto
Driv Dbase
d2 Yes
pluto:/dev/md# metaset -s ftpbin
metaset: pluto: setname "ftpbin": no such set
pluto:/dev/md/shared# metaset -s ftpbin -C purge
metaset: pluto: setname "ftpbin": no such set
Also tried devfsadm -C and boot -r
Ran 'metaclusterbinddevs' to recreate the device links, but no diff.
# /usr/cluster/lib/sc/metaclusterbinddevs

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the dvd disk drive is not working.when i put in a dvd or music cd, it doesnt play. a popup comes on that says please insert disk into dvd/drive, i try it again same thing happens nothing....do i uninstall the driver then install it again.it says its working properly but it makes a loud grinding noise

Hi there @lindz32
Welcome to the HP Support Forums! It is a great place to find the help you need, both from other users, HP experts and other support personnel.
I understand that you are having trouble with the DVD drive reading disks. I am happy to help.
My main concern is that you describe a loud grinding sound, presumably coming from the DVD drive. If that is so, I would recommend that you call our technical support at 800-474-6836. If you live outside the US/Canada Region, please click the link below to get the support number for your region.
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If the noise is not from the DVD drive, but from somewhere else, please post any details that you can, and here is a page that may help in the interim.
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I've got a Powermac G4 DP 800 that the disk drive works fine, but when I attach a hard drive to the ATA ribbon, neither drive shows up,not in Disk Utility, not even in System Profiler. Unhook the hard drive, again disk drive works fine. Tried a different hard drive, same thing happens. Changed locations on the ribbon, same thing happens. The hard drives came out of an iMac G5 that went down,so I was just sticking my hard drives in the G4 for some more storage. Even if both hard drives were bad, why would the disk drive disappear even in Disk Profiler? Looks like the computer would still see the disk drive.

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MacBook Pro Late 2011 : Optical Disk Drive not working?

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Reliable: Yes
Roaming: No
Spare: No
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drutil eject
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Do you have to setup a disk drive connected to a macbook or should it just work straight away when plugged in?

The Finder shouldn't show an empty optical drive. If the disk gets automatically ejected, there may be problems with the drive, or you may be inserting a blank CD or DVD into a drive incapable of burning it.
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How do you eject a cd stuck in your disk drive??

how do you eject a cd stuck in your disk drive??

Force eject a stuck cd/dvd
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- remounting the disk in Disk Utility and then using 1) the eject command, 2) the media eject key, 3) dragging the disk icon to the trash can.
Since I have an iMac G4 USB (the flat panel) the computer doesn't have a manual cdrom eject. The only way I've found to change cds is to reboot the computer and hold down the mouse button. Every single time I copy a disk I have to reboot--I hate that.
This bug is really overdue to be squashed. Until then, is there a way to force the cdrom to eject without either 1) damaging the drive or 2) rebooting the computer?
I don't want to damage the computer by forcing the cdrom drive open. Nor do I want to keep rebooting every time I make a disk image.
Thanks,
- Mike

Can you eject the disk after unmounting the .dmg file? Can you eject the disk if you change the .dmg's name slightly? BTW, my mate has a 17" 1GHz G4 iMac and her keyboard has an eject button.
If none of those work, the file a bug with Apple through their BugReporter system. Go to https://connect.apple.com/MemberSite and join the Apple Developer Connection (ADC)—it's free and available for all Mac users and gets you a look at some development software. Then, go to https://bugreport.apple.com/, click on the Login to the Apple BugReporter link (using your Apple ID username and password), and file your bug report/enhancement request. The nice thing with this procedure is that you get a response and a follow-up number; thus, starting a dialog with engineering.
Posting here won't get you any action from Apple engineering.

Disk drives frequently auto-retract when ejected

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