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Dec 10, 2010 10:58 PM in response to NellieAngerby Limnos,Try restarting the computer.
You can try using a CD cleaning disc that you can buy at an audio store or computer supply place (about US$10). This looks like a CD but has tiny brushes on it to brush dust off the laser.
Unfortunately more likely is your optical drive has simple given up. Often these only last roughly 5 years, so you've gotten a lot use out of it. You could find a replacement for next to nothing, especially if you're willing to just have a CD model and not DVD. I just took one down to the basement to put in the recycling pile. A new one should only cost around $30 (often more than a 10 year old computer is worth). In some model computers you can replace them in a few minutes.
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Dec 14, 2010 8:01 PM in response to NellieAngerby Appaloosa mac man,Nellie,
Do not forget that the older Macs had an external SCSI port. Find a computer recycling store near you and ask them to save an external drive for you. Just found a 1980s Kaypro computer today at such a place.
Jim