Is there an emergency eject hole on the newer iMacs. disk stuck in drive and computer won't boot.

Is there an emergency eject hole on the newer iMacs? I have a disk stuck in the drive and the computer won't boot. Need to get this disk out to load repair disk.

If you are getting nothing at all you should take it in for repairs.

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