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removable disk won't eject

My Powermac g5 has a disc in its cd/dvd reader/burner that it reads, and seems to attempt to eject, but it doesn't .

This happened before, but I don't remember what i did to get it out.

G5 desktop pre-intel-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Nov 2, 2011 1:41 PM

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Nov 2, 2011 1:54 PM in response to whittey

[Topic : Can't open drive door |http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1279497]


A dozen ways to eject or unmount a recalcitrant CD or DVD

http://www.osxfaq.com/dailytips/08-2002/08-12.ws


Ejecting media in Mac OS X: Removing 'stuck' CDs/DVDs

http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20041011075232575


Power Macintosh G3 and G4: About the DVD-RAM Drive

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=HT3072


PowerPC-based Macintosh: How to eject a disc when other options don't work

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106752


Force Eject (10.3 or later) - Can be used to eject any removable disk that the system will not eject. http://mac.softpedia.com/progDownload/Force-Eject-Download-34780.html


[Article #HT1310 - Startup Manager: How to Select a Startup Volume|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1310]


iMac (Slot Loading): Troubleshooting CD/DVD Eject Failures - [http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58566]


Intel iMac: If you can't eject a CD or DVD - [http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2097]

removable disk won't eject

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