Eject disk not working

i cannot get my disk drive to read or eject- any suggestions on how to get disk out would be welcome (disc is snow leopard which I am trying to load!!)

If it is making a noise like it is trying to eject the disk the problem may be with the case. I had that happen with a friend's MacBook. There's a metal piece above the slot opening that can stop the disk from ejecting if it gets bent down a bit. Just pressing down on the case above the slot while picking it up with the screen open a few times can do it. The way we fixed it was to put a flat bladed screwdriver in the slot to the side just far enough to twist the case up a bit and hit the eject button. Once the disk was out we moved the srewdriver down the slot twwisting it as we did. That bent the metal back into place. Remember just put the screwdriver in so that you're bending the slot opening and not far enough in that you're bending the drive.

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Not too much to explain - my remote control does not work at all, and neither does my cd eject button on the keypad. This is after the installation of Leopard.
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[SOLVED] Suspend to ram / disk not working in newer kernels

Hi all,
this puzzles me for a while:
My desktop system was able to suspend to ram / disk flawlessly in older kernels. It stopped working with 3.3. The suspend seems to work, the machine goes to standby. But when I try to resume, the machines is on but the screen stays black. Neither the console is working nor can I ssh into it. Only hard reset gets me out here
I did investigate and found many tips and hints which all led to nowhere. I even changed my filesystem back from btrfs to ext4 and my VGA module from proprietary nvidia to nouveau.
When this all failed I got to the idea to burn several install disks. One of the official 2011.08.19 (kernel 3.0.3) and one of the snapshots 2012.06.05_04-00-01 (kernel 3.3.7) and 2012.07.17_04-00-01 (kernel 3.4.4). I guess these can not be compromised by some hosed installation. I started one by one and issued the follwing command:
echo mem > /sys/power/state
which suspends the machine successfully in all three cases. With 2011.08.19 the resume is working but the other two fail. Some more info about the hardware:
1. lspci output
harvey@obelix ~ $ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DMI (rev 11)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 11)
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 11)
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor System Management Registers (rev 11)
00:08.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor Semaphore and Scratchpad Registers (rev 11)
00:08.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor System Control and Status Registers (rev 11)
00:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor Miscellaneous Registers (rev 11)
00:10.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link (rev 11)
00:10.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Routing and Protocol Registers (rev 11)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB Universal Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB Universal Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB Universal Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB Universal Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB Universal Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB Universal Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB Universal Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 06)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600 GT] (rev a1)
02:00.0 USB controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 03)
03:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB363 SATA/IDE Controller (rev 02)
03:00.1 IDE interface: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB363 SATA/IDE Controller (rev 02)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)
3f:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-Core Registers (rev 04)
3f:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 04)
3f:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 04)
3f:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 04)
3f:03.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller (rev 04)
3f:03.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder (rev 04)
3f:03.4 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Test Registers (rev 04)
3f:04.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Control Registers (rev 04)
3f:04.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Address Registers (rev 04)
3f:04.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Rank Registers (rev 04)
3f:04.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Thermal Control Registers (rev 04)
3f:05.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Control Registers (rev 04)
3f:05.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Address Registers (rev 04)
3f:05.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Rank Registers (rev 04)
3f:05.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Thermal Control Registers (rev 04)
2. lsmod output of 2012.07.17_04-00-01:
harvey@obelix ~ $ lsmod
Module Size Used by
fuse 68768 0
tun 15297 0
rfcomm 33627 8
bnep 8793 2
nfsd 246714 2
exportfs 3665 1 nfsd
btusb 11764 0
joydev 9991 0
bluetooth 190551 22 bnep,btusb,rfcomm
rfkill 15604 2 bluetooth
snd_hda_codec_realtek 60409 1
snd_hda_intel 24053 3
snd_hda_codec 94305 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
microcode 12185 0
i7core_edac 17477 0
snd_hwdep 6300 1 snd_hda_codec
i2c_i801 8180 0
iTCO_wdt 12813 0
snd_pcm 74958 2 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
r8169 49386 0
coretemp 5654 0
edac_core 36656 3 i7core_edac
iTCO_vendor_support 1929 1 iTCO_wdt
serio_raw 4653 0
pcspkr 1899 0
snd_page_alloc 7185 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 18966 1 snd_pcm
mii 4123 1 r8169
snd 58997 12 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
soundcore 5410 1 snd
acpi_cpufreq 5933 0
mperf 1235 1 acpi_cpufreq
evdev 9754 4
processor 26567 1 acpi_cpufreq
vboxnetadp 18387 0
vboxnetflt 16743 0
vboxdrv 1791382 2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
nfs 276056 1
nfs_acl 2359 2 nfs,nfsd
lockd 62987 2 nfs,nfsd
auth_rpcgss 32327 2 nfs,nfsd
sunrpc 184998 12 nfs,nfsd,auth_rpcgss,lockd,nfs_acl
fscache 41059 1 nfs
aes_x86_64 7508 64
cryptd 8741 0
aes_generic 26138 1 aes_x86_64
xts 3101 32
gf128mul 6050 1 xts
dm_crypt 16496 4
dm_mod 70918 9 dm_crypt
sr_mod 14823 0
cdrom 35648 1 sr_mod
hid_logitech 16560 0
ff_memless 4690 1 hid_logitech
usbhid 36430 1 hid_logitech
hid 85285 2 hid_logitech,usbhid
sd_mod 29239 7
pata_jmicron 2480 0
usb_storage 44760 0
pata_acpi 3408 0
ata_piix 23160 5
crc32c_intel 1987 0
ahci 20549 0
libahci 20023 1 ahci
ata_generic 3295 0
libata 167611 6 ahci,pata_acpi,libahci,ata_generic,ata_piix,pata_jmicron
scsi_mod 132974 4 usb_storage,libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
uhci_hcd 23372 0
xhci_hcd 81440 0
ehci_hcd 40994 0
usbcore 147533 8 btusb,uhci_hcd,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,usbhid,xhci_hcd
usb_common 954 1 usbcore
floppy 58615 0
nouveau 784289 3
button 4502 1 nouveau
video 11307 1 nouveau
mxm_wmi 1425 1 nouveau
wmi 8475 2 mxm_wmi,nouveau
i2c_algo_bit 5391 1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper 33051 1 nouveau
ttm 64288 1 nouveau
drm 208926 5 ttm,drm_kms_helper,nouveau
i2c_core 20369 5 drm,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,nouveau
ext4 424175 4
crc16 1359 2 ext4,bluetooth
jbd2 73919 1 ext4
mbcache 5977 1 ext4
3. /var/log/pm-suspend.log of a not working suspend
Initial commandline parameters:
Tue Jul 17 11:21:18 CEST 2012: Running hooks for suspend.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00logging suspend suspend:
Linux obelix 3.4.5-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 16 21:35:54 CEST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Module Size Used by
rfcomm 33627 8
bnep 8793 2
nfsd 246714 2
exportfs 3665 1 nfsd
ext4 424175 3
jbd2 73919 1 ext4
mbcache 5977 1 ext4
btusb 11764 0
bluetooth 190551 22 bnep,btusb,rfcomm
crc16 1359 2 ext4,bluetooth
joydev 9991 0
rfkill 15604 2 bluetooth
snd_hda_codec_realtek 60409 1
microcode 12185 0
coretemp 5654 0
serio_raw 4653 0
snd_hda_intel 24053 5
snd_hda_codec 94305 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
pcspkr 1899 0
snd_hwdep 6300 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 74958 3 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc 7217 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
r8169 49386 0
i7core_edac 17477 0
snd_timer 18966 1 snd_pcm
edac_core 36656 3 i7core_edac
mii 4123 1 r8169
snd 58997 15 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
iTCO_wdt 12813 0
i2c_i801 8180 0
soundcore 5410 1 snd
iTCO_vendor_support 1929 1 iTCO_wdt
acpi_cpufreq 5933 0
mperf 1267 1 acpi_cpufreq
evdev 9754 4
processor 26567 1 acpi_cpufreq
vboxnetadp 18387 0
vboxnetflt 16743 0
vboxdrv 1791382 2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
nfs 276056 1
nfs_acl 2359 2 nfs,nfsd
lockd 62987 2 nfs,nfsd
auth_rpcgss 32327 2 nfs,nfsd
sunrpc 184998 12 nfs,nfsd,auth_rpcgss,lockd,nfs_acl
fscache 41059 1 nfs
btrfs 710578 1
libcrc32c 1002 1 btrfs
zlib_deflate 20436 1 btrfs
aes_x86_64 7508 64
cryptd 8741 0
aes_generic 26138 1 aes_x86_64
xts 3101 32
gf128mul 6050 1 xts
hid_logitech 16560 0
ff_memless 4690 1 hid_logitech
dm_crypt 16496 4
dm_mod 70918 9 dm_crypt
sr_mod 14823 0
cdrom 35648 1 sr_mod
usbhid 36430 1 hid_logitech
usb_storage 44760 0
hid 85285 2 hid_logitech,usbhid
sd_mod 29239 7
pata_jmicron 2480 0
pata_acpi 3408 0
ata_piix 23160 5
ata_generic 3295 0
uhci_hcd 23404 0
crc32c_intel 1987 1
ahci 20549 0
libahci 20023 1 ahci
libata 167611 6 ahci,pata_acpi,libahci,ata_generic,ata_piix,pata_jmicron
xhci_hcd 81472 0
ehci_hcd 41026 0
scsi_mod 132974 4 usb_storage,libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
usbcore 147565 8 btusb,uhci_hcd,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,usbhid,xhci_hcd
usb_common 954 1 usbcore
floppy 58615 0
nouveau 784321 3
button 4502 1 nouveau
video 11307 1 nouveau
mxm_wmi 1425 1 nouveau
wmi 8475 2 mxm_wmi,nouveau
i2c_algo_bit 5391 1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper 33051 1 nouveau
ttm 64320 1 nouveau
drm 208958 5 ttm,drm_kms_helper,nouveau
i2c_core 20369 5 drm,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,nouveau
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 8173500 884060 7289440 0 3764 405872
-/+ buffers/cache: 474424 7699076
Swap: 8386556 0 8386556
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00logging suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00powersave suspend suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00powersave suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/01grub suspend suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/01grub suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/49bluetooth suspend suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/49bluetooth suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/75modules suspend suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/75modules suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /etc/pm/sleep.d/90alsa suspend suspend:
/etc/pm/sleep.d/90alsa suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/90clock suspend suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/90clock suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/94cpufreq suspend suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/94cpufreq suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95led suspend suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95led suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/98video-quirk-db-handler suspend suspend:
Kernel modesetting video driver detected, not using quirks.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/98video-quirk-db-handler suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99video suspend suspend:
kernel.acpi_video_flags = 0
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99video suspend suspend: success.
Tue Jul 17 11:21:18 CEST 2012: performing suspend
This seems to be a kernel bug. Any input?
Harvey
Last edited by Harey (2012-08-06 13:51:49)

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When I start pm-suspend from a console (no X started) this seems to reanimate my keyboard while the screen stays black (with backlight on). I can type and reboot. Also I can ssh into the machine from my laptop.
Concerning the blank screen there seems to be a bug in both the proprietary nvidia modules as well as the nouveau driver. The nvidia folks have issued a new beta driver which seems to at least minimize the failures. This all concerns the nv50-family of nvidias cards. I have a GF8600GT which is one of these
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Harvey
Last edited by Harey (2012-08-06 13:52:51)

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Eject button not working on dvd/cd tray

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Hi:
If you are trying to use the Vista recovery disks and they are not working, and you can read your Vista product key on the bottom of your notebook, then you can make your own Vista installation disk by reading the guidance below.
If you're up to a slight but rewarding challenge you can make your own if you can read your 25 character Vista product key on the PC.
Just download the 3 files you need at the link below, and read all of the instructions to create a bootable DVD installation disk using imageburn.
Disregard the part of the text under the first screen shot about "extract the files to the Vista folder."
The files were already extracted to that folder when you ran the X14.exe file by reading the text on top of the first screen shot.
The other thing I noticed is on the 4th screen shot, where it shows Developer ID Microsoft Corporation. I had to type Microsoft Corporation in myself, and then the other codes automatically populated.
When I went to compile the ISO file, ImageBurn gave a message that about a WIM file and ISO, and if I wanted to burn it in a different format.
I selected No, make the ISO file.
It was not that hard to do. I burned both the 64 bit disk and the 32 bit disk in case I ever need them.
I tested both of them an my hp dc7100 CMT desktop PC, they worked perfectly.
When you enter the product key, it knows what version of Vista you have.
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/software-os/w/microsoft_os/3317.2-3-microsoft-windows-v....
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Mount UFS disk not working

Hi,
I am new to Solaris so this may be something simple I have missed. I am having troubles mounting a MO (magnetic Optical) disk on my Solaris 9 X 86 workstation.. I have just loaded the Solaris operating system, in the workstation I have an internal MO drive connected to an internal PCI SCSI card. I know the drive is working because I can format and create a newfs on disks, then mount read and write to the disks I have just created. I mount the disk by using the following command.
# mount /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s2 /mnt/mo
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# mount /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s2 /mnt/mo
mount: /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s2 is not this fstype
I have tried to change the fstype to autofs in the vfstab file but this would not work. I have a Linux box with the same hardware installed and I can mount both MO disks (mine and ones formatted on other systems) by using the following command:
mount -t -ufs -o ufstype=sun /dev/sda /mnt/mo
I can read and write to both MO disks in Linux (after complilng the kernel with WR support for UFS in Linux) but not in Solaris.
Can anyone give me hints as to why I can not mount the disks from other Solaris machines?
Do I need to add other file system support?
Can I do some checks on the MO disk to make sure it is compatible?
Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Thanks for your responce.
I have 2 new solaris X86 boxes which I have just built. Our customer sends us data on MO disks formatted in UFS from their solaris 8 SPARC boxes. If what you are saying is true, it may not be possiable to read the MO disks on my X86 solaris box then.
All of the disks I am trying are 512 bytes/sector (4.1GB or 2.3GB).
I have not tried Solaris 10 but if may be worth a go before I go out and buy a SPARC station.
When I do the following commands this is the output I get:
On the UFS formatted on a SPARC station
#fdisk -w /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0p0
# (returns with no errors. I also tried s2 instead of s2)
#prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0s2
* /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0s2 partition map
* Dimensions:
* 512 bytes/sector
* 31 sectors/track
* 4 tracks/cylinder
* 124 sectors/cylinder
* 32047 cylinders
* 32045 accessable cylinders
* Flags:
* 1: Unmountable
* 10: Read-only
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* First Second Last
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* First Second Last
* Partition Tag Flags Sector count sector mount dir
2 5 01 0 3973580 3973579
8 1 01 0 124 123
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I have just had to replace my hard drive in my iMac and now have to reinstall Aperture 3.
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I have the disk but my computer doesn't seem to want to read it.
Does the disk not mount at all, or does the installer not run and you get an error message?
"check with the developer to make sure Aperture works with this version of Mac OS X" .
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Eject key not working - Tried another keyboard

Suddenly my eject key is not working. I have tried holding it for several seconds. The eject logo shows up on my desktop. Itunes can open the drive, toast can open the drive, eject menu can open the drive. A second aluminum keyboard will also not open the drive.
Since the drive can be opened by software, I need to know what system file to open and what code to look at so I can fix this thing I have read lots of temporary fixes in the forums here (use iTunes or the menu extras eject script) but I want a real solution. It used to work and I want to know why it stopped.
Is there a way to examine keyboard mapping or something??
Thanks
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Apple authorized service provider has replaced the logic board due to various weird problems including sudden loss of startup chime, freeze on waking from sleep and memory issues.
During the repair event (it was an event let me assure you!) the service people noticed the Superdrive was plugged into the number 2 position on the ribbon and since there was nothing in the number one spot, the eject key didn't work. I had tried holding the option key while pressing eject (for drive position 2) but that didn't work either so not sure if switching to connector #1 or new logic board solved this problem, but the DVD tray now opens and closes using the Media Eject Key!!!

Recovery disks not working

I have an HP G60 Notebook PC, Product # NW144UA#ABA
The computer got a virus and couldnt open Microsoft Office applications so I wanted to restore it to the original factory settings. I created my own set of recovery disks (used 3 DVD-Rs). I started the recovery manager and followed the steps, the first disk worked just fine then popped out and asked for the second. I tried to put in the second disk (correctly labeled from when it was made) and it said the disk is not good, please insert disk #2. I have tried this several times and same thing. Now I can't even get back to the regular computer. When I turn it off or cancel the recovery manager it comes up with a black screen saying BootMGR not working (or something.. cant remember exact words). At one point in trying the recovery manager I got an "error 1002 please contact HP" message. I have tried to keep inserting disk #2 and after 20 times it still wouldnt work. I have tried to call HP customer service and was told I could buy recovery disks, but shouldn't my disks work? Please help!!!

Hi:
Sometimes the recovery disks don't work that you make for one reason or another.
Unfortunately, there are hundreds of posts like yours and unfortunately, very few answers. I have yet been able to help someone get their recovery disks to work.
So, I see that you may have two options (only one if you can't read all 25 characters of the Vista product key on the bottom of your PC:
1. Order a set of HP recovery disks and hope they work.
2. Make your own plain windows vista installation media if you can read your vista product key.
This will NOT restore your PC to factory condition. It will only install the operating system, and you will need to either have your program installation files and also use whatever downloads and drivers are available from your notebook's support and driver page.
Start from page 289 at the link below.
http://philipyip.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/windows-reinstallation-guide-03-03-2013.pdf

Windows 8.1 64bit ,eject button not working

I have an imac and have installed windows 8.1 64 bit and everything works well except my eject button on my apple keyboard. so now I cant intall any programs from disk. also my apple super drive isn't showing up omn 'my computer ' in windows
im pretty sure I installed the needed newest drivers...so what am I missing?

On your Bootcamp drivers there should be a driver named AppleODDInstaller64.exe which is the Optical Disk Drive installer. You can copy this to the a USB and install it on the Windows side for it to recognize the Optical disk and the eject button should work. You are also going to need AppleKeyboardInstaller64.exe for the keyboard to be recognized.
There is also a mechanism to eject the disk using OSX terminal and using diskutil eject on the OSX side. See man diskutil for the OSX side.
eject device
                Eject a disk. Media will become offline for the purposes of being a data store for file systems or being a member of constructs such
                as software RAID or direct data. Additionally, removable media will become eligible for safe manual removal; automatically-removable
                media will begin its physical (motorized) eject sequence.

Repairing permissions on a raid startup disk not working.

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Command line will work for now:
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