Ejecting a CD/DVD issues, I've tried everything.
I put in a DVD I planned to watch last night, but when the disc went in, nothing showed up on my desktop. So I tried ejecting it several times with just the eject key on the keyboard. It didn't work. So I tried everything they listed, plus a few techniques like option-command-. that I saw on the boards here. Nothing has worked and I'm afraid I even tried the credit card/double sided tape manual redneck trick I saw someone say on here. It didn't work because I'm so afraid of ruining my drive forever.
Is there any way to get the freaking dvd out?
Best part is it's my brother's friend's movie... and I don't even care any more, I just want the dumb thing out of my baby.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Five ways to eject a stuck CD or DVD from the optical drive
Ejecting the stuck disc can usually be done in one of the following ways:
1. Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the left mouse button until the disc ejects.
2. Press the Eject button on your keyboard.
3. Click on the Eject button in the menubar.
4. Press COMMAND-E.
5. If none of the above work try this:
Open the Terminal application in your Utilities folder. At the prompt enter or paste the following:
/usr/bin/drutil eject.
If this fails then try this:
Boot the computer into single-user mode. At the prompt enter the same command as used above. To restart the computer enter "reboot" at the prompt without quotes.
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