Removing Sidebar Icons

I'm having an issue removing an icon from the sidebar within Finder. This issue started in Tiger and remained in Leopard.
It is a untitled CD which I someone got when I was trying to burn another disc. I'm not sure what I did to make it stay however.
If I try to right click on it it says the volume cannot be found.
Message was edited by: Scatman

I have the same problem. I have 2 items in my Sidebar I can't seem to find a way to remove.
One is a pdf file that no longer exists and the other is a folder that I think was originally ona drive I no longer have.
I don't see either in the Finder Preferences/Sidebar tab so I can't uncheck them there.
Not sure where else to look

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