Help! Disk stuck in Drive

I was loading some photo's onto a disk and when I went to eject the disk the CD icon turned into a folder with a circle that looks like a radiation warning it also looks just like the "Burn Folder". When you Control left click there is usually an option to eject...its not there. I tried to eject with the button on the keyboard....nothing. Tried turning off the computer, that didn't help either.
Can anyone tell me how I might eject the disk stuck in my drive?
Thanks

You can get another way also...
On your main hard drive, dig down into System > Library > CoreServices > Menu Extras. Inside that window, double-click on the icon called Eject.menu.
http://www.creativetechs.com/tips/quicktips_51.html
You'll now have an Eject Icon in the Menubar.

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