My imac keeps ejecting cds (new ones). Fixes anyone?

Check Finder > Preferences > General
Make sure CDs, DVDs, & iPod is selected.
And check your settings in System Preferences > CDx & DVDs

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Hi,
I have WD 2 TB external HDD. It has two partitions, one I use for my time machiine backup and one for my personal files and documents. Recently the iMac keeps ejecting the external HDD as soon as it gets connected to the iMac. I tried to reboot the computer in safe boot mode (by holding down the shift key at startup) and found out that problem is not there anymore. I can access my external HDD there and it never ejects the HDD.
It seems like the HDD is fine, the problem is with the iMac. Can anybody please give any solution to this problem?
Thanks!

Thanks Allan for your reply!
It makes sence that there must be some log in /start up item which is causing this problem. I went System Preference>Users & Groups> Login items> disabled all the items there to make sure, and restarted the computer but the problem is still there
Is there any other way to stop/configure the log in items?
Thanks again!

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Every time I insert a DVD into my iMac it gets ejected. Any suggestions?

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Dont have problems with the super drive in other cases. It works fine, burns fine, copies fine, plays fine...
but everytime i need to run something from the disc doing boot up(like the leopard install disc or the vista install disc for boot camp) it just ejects them!
and when i push options button, and get to the OS selection screen, the Imac still pushes out the DVD... And when i put it back in the DVD is displayed as an efi file. I dont know what that is!
when the machine has booted up, it displays and reads and writes all the CDs and DVDs just fine, so its something doing boot up!
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