A disc can get stuck in a drive for a variety of reasons, ranging from a power outage in the house to mechanical damage to the CD-ROM itself. In any case, the disk must be removed, and this task is quite doable.
It is necessary
a needle, pin, any thin, straight object of this type
Instructions
Step 1
Make sure that the jammed disc is not being used at the moment, i.e. no programs or data are open on this drive. Otherwise, quit all programs on the disk.
Step 2
Try pressing the Media Eject key on your computer keyboard (the button with the underlined up arrow in the upper right corner, or F12).
Step 3
If you cannot eject the disc, try pressing the Media Eject key while holding down the Fn button (for laptop computers).
Step 4
If all of the above doesn't work, try simply dragging and dropping the disk icon to the Trash.
Step 5
If that doesn't work, restart your computer. For Mac computers, press the mouse or trackpad button at the same time and use Restart from the Apple menu in the upper left corner of the desktop.
Step 6
The next attempt to eject the disk will require a computer restart by simultaneously pressing four keys at once: Command + Option + O + F. After the Welcome to Open Firmware window opens, release the keys and enter the eject cd command and press Return. It is assumed that after that the disk will become available for ejection, and the system ok message will appear on the computer screen under the command entered. Type mac boot and press Return (for Mac computers.
Step 7
If you do not have the desired result, locate a small round hole with a diameter of 1.0-1.5 mm on the front of the actuator. Insert a needle into it at a right angle and push. When placed on the lever, the CD-ROM will open and the disc will become available.
