This slim line ''slot'' drive doesn't seem to have an obvious reset button. The OS has crashed and I used a Ubuntu Live CD to recover some data from the hard drive in the system in question and now I can get the disk out of the slot drive
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Thanks in advance for any assistance.
CD Stuck in Device
First try the normal methods to remove the disc. Drag its icon to the Trash can in the Dock or select 'Eject' from the File menu. If you are running a virtual machine, e.g. VMFusion, ensure that the CD is disconnected from the virtual machine. This will sometimes allow the CD to now show up in Mac OS X. Shut down the computer and start up whilst holding down the mouse button. This may take some time, but keep your finger on the mouse button right up until the disc comes out or the log-in screen has appeared. If you have Toast Titanium installed on your computer, choose EJECT DISC from the menubar. Sometimes you can successfully use the eject disc button in iTunes even if the disc is not visible to the Finder Open Disk Utility and choose the disc you wish to eject in the left-hand pane, then click on the Eject button. Some Macintoshes have a paperclip hole that you can insert a straightened paperclip into, manually triggering the eject mechanism. Open Terminal and type "drutil tray eject" to eject the disc/tray, and "drutil tray close" to close the tray. Restart the computer while holding down Command-Option-O-F, to enter the Open Firmware prompt. Type "eject cd" without the quotes, and press return. The disk ought to eject. To start into OS X, type "mac-boot" without the quotes. Press return, and the computer will continue with the startup. (This will not work on an Intel Mac. There is no Open Firmware on Intel Macs. ) If your computer has an eject button on the keyboard, restart the computer holding down the Option key. When the startup disk selection screen appears, let go of the option key and press the keyboard's eject button.
you might have to physically unplug the leads for this
cd/dvd then plug them back this should activate the found new hardware
wizard or
you might have to uninstall
then restart your computer then reinstall your DVD/CD then reinstall the driver
for this device
if your computer came with
a motherboard disk the drivers could be on it
click start control panel
administrive tools computer management device manager scroll down cd dvdrom
drives if you see a yellow question or exclamation mark?! or a red x right
click you will need to update the driver
or
select properties general troubleshoot, select driver
click to reinstall drivers click update driver
hope this helps
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thi will troubleshoot and search for your driver
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