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I have what was a blank CD that I burned my System Preferences onto and then tried eject. The CD is stuck in my internal CD/DVD area in my MacBookPro.  I am running OS X.5.  I have tried everything but the knife.  All keyboard tricks, held mouse button down at restart.  Beat my trackpad up hitting so hard on restart, command E, eject button, etc.  Opened every app possible and chose eject from there, ipod, realtime, the icon of the cd on the dock, in finder, in DISK UTILITY.  Then, I recently noticed that the "Disable Owner" box is checked in Sharing & Permisions when I go to Get Info (it is odd, since I am the only one who has access to my computer and nobody else could possibly have hacked in 'cause it's a mac, right? Ha!).  Cannot unlock the lock and can't get access to this finder window at all and change.  Added another admin ~ that ony logs ownership in as that user and still cannot chage privileges.   Tried using eject command in Terminal.  Didn't work either.   When I go to Disk Util, I have my main hardrive, then my journaled which is in Partition 3, then there's a cd icon that is HL-DT-ST DVDRW GWA408M Media in Partition 0:
Partition Map Scheme :           CD Partition Scheme
          Disk Identifier :           disk1
          Device Name :           HL-DT-ST DVDRW GWA4080M Media
          Connection Bus :           ATA
          Connection Type :           Internal
          Connection ID :           Device 0
          Device Tree :           /PCI0@0/PATA@1F,1/PRID@0/@0:0
          Total Capacity :           2.1 MB (2,187,360 Bytes)
          Disk Number :           1
          Partition Number :           0
          Burn Support :           Apple Shipping
          Entry Path :           disk1
          Writes CD :           Yes
          Writes DVD :           Yes
          Media is present :           Yes
          Media is busy :           No
          Media Type :           CD-ROM
          Media is blank :           No
          Media is appendable :           No
          Media is overwritable :           No
          Media is erasable :           No
          Media is reserved :           No
          Capabilities :           Click for more information
Under that is an cd icon that is Session 1 and that's in Partition 1.
Name : Session 1
          Type :           Session
          Disk Identifier :           disk1s1
          Media Name :           Untitled 1
          Media Type :           Generic
          Connection Bus :           ATA
          Locked :           Yes
          Writable :           No
          Ejectable :           Yes
          Mac OS 9 Drivers Installed :           No
          CDROM :           Yes
          Capacity :           1.8 MB (1,904,640 Bytes)
          Disk Number :           1
          Partition Number :           1
Under that is a cd icon that is:
Name : cats stuff 10.21.11
          Type :           Volume
          Disk Identifier :           disk1s1s2
          Mount Point :           /Volumes/cats stuff 10.21.11
          File System :           Mac OS Extended
          Connection Bus :           ATA
          Device Tree :           IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/PATA@1F,1/PRID@0
          Writable :           No
          Universal Unique Identifier :           B2D8D86C-63F6-310A-AA5C-6550836C2449
          Capacity :           716 KB (733,184 Bytes)
          Used :           716 KB (733,184 Bytes)
          Number of Files :           26
          Number of Folders :           7
          Owners Enabled :           No
          Can Turn Owners Off :           Yes
          Can Be Formatted :           Yes
          Bootable :           Yes
          Supports Journaling :           Yes
          Journaled :           No
          Disk Number :           1
          Partition Number :           2
Is that the problem as well?  How the **** did this happen?   I am going to rip my hair out of my head if someone cannot help me.  Thanks. 
p.s. I do not have an external hardrive.  I am out of work and can't afford the expense right now.

Hey, nevermind.  Tried and true keep looking and you will find the answer.  The cd/dvd dev i have is from 2006, so internal no buttons, no pins.  For some reason, device has stopped reading DVD and CD's.  Worked the other day when it burned.  Turned machine off for 3 hours.  After turning back on, b4 logging in, hit the eject button.  Lo & behold, disk came out. 

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