cd drive won't open

[Guest]

i have a computer that the cd drive won't open. I've gone to my computer and
it's not even listed as a drive...how can i get the cd out?

 

[SmoothNinjaGirl]

im not sure how good of a pc user you are..

first of all.. to get the cd out.. the disk drive should have a little
hole in front of it.. take a paperclip and poke the hole while the
computer is on. hopefully the power is still running through it that
you can do this.

and with the drive not showing up in my computer.. check in "device
manager" to see if it is showing up in there..if not..try going to
control panel and to add hardware maybe there is a problem with a
driver with it.
um.. dont mind my rambling.. i tend to do that.. anyways..
it may be a ribbon problem within the computer, something loose
how old is the drive? it could have just died.. as most drives last a
few years

hopefully you can get the cd drive out..
if you can figure it is an old broke drive.. just pry the tray off..
ive done that.. but then again i mess around too much with my
computer..

good luck

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Try this...

Open My Computer | Right click your drive | Click Eject.

To eject a CD using Windows Media Player...
1. On the Play menu, click Eject.
2. If you have more than one CD-ROM drive, on the Play menu, point to Eject
and then click the drive from which you want to eject the CD.

Note
You can also use the Eject command to open and close your CD-ROM tray.
Click Eject once to open the tray and then click Eject again to close it.

Then try this...

Straighten a paper clip, push the straight end into
the little (I mean small) hole on the front of the CD drive, there
will be a bit of resistance. Keep your hand out of the way. You
might consider doing this one with the computer turned OFF.

If you have a 3rd party CD burning program running, something like InCD or
similar, that program may take over the Eject function.

If that is the case, stop the program. Or right click that program's
notification icon (by your clock) and select Eject from that program's menu.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[SmoothNinjaGirl]

he specified that the drive is not listed in my computer drive list..
so no command to eject the cd can be done if the computer cannot
recognize it.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

he specified that the drive is not listed in my computer drive list..

so no command to eject the cd can be done if the computer cannot
recognize it.

Then move down to the next items on my list of things to try in my previous
post. There four things to try listed.

Or use one of these .vbs files.

Eject CD or DVD drives

These two .vbs files will open the trays on D: and E: drives.

Copy the lines below into Notepad, not including the ---- parts.

Save as ejectD.vbs

-----------below this line----------------
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set MyComp=objShell.NameSpace(17)
Set CD=MyComp.ParseName("D:\")
Set Context=CD.Verbs
CD.InvokeVerb "E&ject"
-----------above this line----------------

Copy the lines below into Notepad, not including the ---- parts.

Save as ejectE.vbs

-----------below this line----------------
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set MyComp=objShell.NameSpace(17)
Set CD=MyComp.ParseName("E:\")
Set Context=CD.Verbs
CD.InvokeVerb "E&ject"
-----------above this line----------------

There is one difference in the two, ("D:\") and ("E:\") are the drive
letters. These can be changed to any CD or DVD drive letter.

You can move the .vbs files where ever you want.

You can also create shortcuts to both .vbs files.

Then just double click ejectD.vbs or ejectE.vbs to eject the drive. Or just
double click the shortcut to ejectD.vbs or ejectE.vbs to eject the drive.


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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[SmoothNinjaGirl]

you cannot eject a disk if the whole cd drive itself is not recognized
on the system.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

you cannot eject a disk if the whole cd drive itself is not recognized

on the system.

Yes, you can.

Straighten a paper clip, push the straight end into
the little (I mean small) hole on the front of the CD drive, there
will be a bit of resistance. Keep your hand out of the way. You
might consider doing this one with the computer turned OFF.

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[SmoothNinjaGirl]

hmm..
you said something about d or e drives.. if the computer does not
recognize the drive it wont even show up as a d or e drive

 

[SmoothNinjaGirl]

well yes that way..
thats what i first wrote.. was the paperclip thing..

not through creating a .vbs code to eject the cd tray..

sorry if i misread an answer but i suggested the paperclip

 

[Wesley Vogel]

thats what i first wrote.. was the paperclip thing..

So did I.

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[SmoothNinjaGirl]

i tend to overread things.. sorry bud..

So did I.
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