Drive stuck in ultrabay

I have a T60P with a hard drive stuck in the ultrabay. The little button that pops out the lever will not move. I did get the handle to pop put with some force. But when I pull on the lever the drive won't pop out. I even tried pulling on the lever with a pair of pliers.
Is my only option taking it apart?
It is not under warranty.
Thanks

Same thing just happened to me, I have an ultrabay battery that I need to remove and now can't. It charges and everything but I just can't make the little lever come out. The button that is supposed to make it come out is looser that usual, when you push it it's silent and when it comes back it clicks a bit. I was able to take the battery out by almost bending the computer's bay, which I don't like to do. I put my finger in and when I push the mechanism that follows the button on the inside the lever does come out but obviously I can't do that when the battery is in...
Any hopes I could fix this myself? It might still be under warranty but I really need that comp.
Thx!

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Please include your full model number when posting problems on the forums. It can be found on the bottom of your laptop. "A305D" is only partial.
That's quite the problem. How often was it doing this? At some steps in your diagnosing, it seemed to get better, but I wonder if it was actually (temporarily) fixed, or if it didn't occur by chance.
Unfortunately I don't have an answer for you. Normally I'd suggest you get it serviced, but then you'd also be throwing more money at a three year old notebook when clearly you're knowledgeable yourself.
Hopefully someone in the community will have some suggestions. I have noticed that some people shy away from posts with large paragraphs of text. (I'm not saying that's correct, but it happens.) I'd suggest putting some bullet points at the top summarizing. If you feel like doing that, you can edit your message.
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- Peter

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I have a superdrive and when i press eject button, it
comes out 1/5 way out then it is stuck there. Does
anyone have a solution for this problem?
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If I do which model works for it?
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