Hard drive died, how to eject CD?

Hello,
My HD in my iMac died, or atleast that is my best guess since it has been laggy the past couple weeks and currently flashes a folder with a question mark on it. I still have a CD in the drive, is there anyway I can get that out before I take it to Apple Repair?

A flashing folder is not a sign of a hard drive that has died.
Check out "My Mac displays a blinking icon at startup" in this Apple article: http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/help/2/#4

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Beep, beep, beep....
Hold ON! Getting a call on the red phone.
"Yes...yes.... ok!"
It's confirmed, H.e.l.l. has finally frozen over! TM drives are now bootable!
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