Dvd Drive Wont Eject

[lefty1953]

I read some where how to eject a drive when it gets stuck. Who knows this tip? And what is it?

[irregularjoe]

I read some where how to eject a drive when it gets stuck. Who knows this tip? And what is it?

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How "stuck" is it?

Does the drive work?

There might be an emergency release hole on the drive.

[TheTerrorist_75]

Straightened out paper clip pushed into the small hole in front of drive if it has one.

DVD and CD Repair with Diagnostic Flowcharts

Edited August 26, 2005 by TheTerrorist_75

[lefty1953]

Straightened out paper clip pushed into the small hole in front of drive if it has one.

DVD and CD Repair with Diagnostic Flowcharts

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Thanks for the reply, I did find the answer after a little work with the search here. I was burning all my Cd's to MP3's onto my PC and I guess the Drive just got sick of me opening and shutting it. The Paper clip worked and then I had to reboot to get it to work again.

Works fine now.

Thanks again.

[Parrotgeek7]

In the future, you can also try going into my computer, right click on the drive and select eject. Usually that overrides the button on the front. just a thought.

[robroy]

usually the cd or dvd doesn't open because the program that you are using hasn't let go of the control, most likely a write program. It can alo be opened very often by going in to task manager and ending task on that program.

[lefty1953]

In the future, you can also try going into my computer, right click on the drive and select eject. Usually that overrides the button on the front. just a thought.

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I tried that first. Nothing happened then. But the Paperclip and a reboot worked fine.