Windows 7 on imac, pc gaming

hey,
so i just installed windows 7 on the mac. im trying to install a two disk pc game. (install disk, playing disk). as it is installing it asks for the playing disk. now i cant escape the screen to eject it because it says it will cancel if i do. is there anyway to eject the disk without going back to the main windows screen? (btw the game is axis and allies if that helps).

Hi and welocme to Discussions,
if you have used the OSX install DVD that came with your Mac to install the Apple BootCamp Driver, you can use the 'eject'-key on your keyboard.
Some game installer are smart enough to eject the first disc when asking for the next one.
Hope it helps
Stefan

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