[TheForge] Computer question

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Many disk drives have a small hole in the front panel or in the back of 
the drive where you can stick a paperclip in and force ejection..PF

TristerK@aol.com wrote:

>If there is a disk in the drive it may be having trouble reading the disk and 
>some drives won't open when spinning. Usually the computer will give up on 
>the read after a few minuets or so. If the drive light is on, or you hear a 
>spinning sound this is most likely the problem. If not, try making a boot floppy 
>and boot on that, if the drive still won't open you will know it's not your OS.
>It may be that the drive has failed physically somehow and will need to be 
>replaced, fortunately CD drives, even CDR, are pretty cheap these days. I would 
>give it a long thought before I tried to force the door open, at least be sure 
>that the drive isn't spinning.
>
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