Help my installation wont start up and i cant eject the disk
I dropped my macbook and a folder appeared no matter what i did i couldnt get it to power back up so I decided to use the re install disk after checking to make sure nothing was wrong with hardware. It refused to install on any setting except erase and install. So I did but it wouldnt install on my mac so now it wont eject the disk and I have tried just about everything it says to do I know it is simple but also I can get past the install stage now as the hardrive doesnt come up in the installation any suggestions without to much technical stuff
Welcome to the forums!
Sorry to hear of the trouble though.
Normally, you can eject CDs/DVDs by holding the Mouse Button down during bootup, have you tried that?
I fear you need to get it serviced though.
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