Dell OptiPlex GX280 PC Desktop "cd drive stuck" Questions

...the optical drive from the computer , there is a small pin hole , which is like an emergency eject button for the drive. You can use a paper clip to remove the stuck cd from the drive.Thanks ...

remove cd drive cd has power but wont open There is a small pinhole in front of the drive. Use a straightened paper clip to eject stuck disc.

...cd rom drive so it boots before the hard drive. Or you can hit F12 on boot with the Windows cd installed and select the cd rom drive to boot from. If you are saying you want to repair the constant ...

...cd drive not coming up ok my optiplex 240 dvd drive kept getting stuck and my kids would hit the top and it would open any finally it wouldnt open any more so i took it out the disk inside was in a ...

...cd drive 1st in boot sequence. turn machine on, it goes through initial dell setup, then screen goes black. i cqan hear the hd and the cd drive working their little tails off, but nothing happens. ...

my dell gx260 is stuck on the f1, f2 to reboot screen and I went into bios and ran a dianogstic but my cd drive isnt available for results Hit reset.

...likely issue is the hard drive. See if you can bring up the F12 menu at boot and run HDD diags. If you can't do that and have the dell resource cd, you can try booting to that CD, and run diags ...

...drive? How old? You need a very quiet room for booting. When you boot, listen for a high pitched whine, this will be your disk spinning up. If you don't hear it, it may be stuck and a slight tap can ...

...CD / DVD and copying all the files that are of importance to you (documents, photos, music, etc.) on to an external hard drive connected to the USB port or installed as a slave drive internally. Once ...

...drive in. What happens? Please remember to rate my solution! burn xp into a cd. or get a recovery disk..if neither does not work search the net for an partition manager. delete the partition that has ...