If a disk is stuck in the drive?
I inserted a CD-ROM into the CD drive, but the computer failed to recognize it, or bring up any sort of icon of the disk on the desktop, i could only hear it spinning in the drive. I tried pressing the eject button on the keyboard, even held it down for several seconds, but the CD did not eject. I tried restartin my computer, but it froze, so i shut it down manually. When i turned it back on, once again i could hear the disk spinning, but after the computer booted up, it still won't eject. suggestions?
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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Credit Kappy.
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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
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