DVD disc not ejecting - disk eject bttn NO - restart & hold trckpd bttn NO

I have a DVD in my drive, I believe it is unwritten, as I was burning some DVDs and was interrupted, likely forgot about it.

It has been in the slot for a week.

It will not eject with Eject Button

It will not eject as normally, at Start Up

It will not eject holding mousepad track button at startup

It shows in the Disk Utility panel but will not eject from there either, nor will the Burn button work, to put something on it and then eject.

It does not show up in the finder window

I tried the business card over the disk in the slot, and performed the above trials again to no avail.

DVD drive (2nd one) installed Oct 2008 replaced one that shipped with MacBook Pro:

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GSA-S10N:

Firmware Revision: AP09
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds

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I have had many issues with this laptop, have had HD replaced and the DVD drive. It was bought in Nov 2007

This is not a toy to me, it is not a large iPhone or iPod, it is for work, like all of my desktop Apples were. It is gravely inconvenient for me to be without a computer for repair for a week or longer, I expect better from my office hardware than a "just send it in for a week (sometimes longer)" and "you can RENT a loaner" which may or may not have the apps I need, but never all the fonts, plus the added expense of $100 a day on top of the repair bills or on top of paying for Apple Care.

Ok I soapboxed. Am very frustrated and stressed, I have work to do and cannot give up computer for a week, but I need the drive to work, I bought 2 drives for this machine now !!