the case isa dell dimension 8100 and i never take comps apart or anything i was gonna reformat any quick way to get the disc out?
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the case isa dell dimension 8100 and i never take comps apart or anything i was gonna reformat any quick way to get the disc out?
Do you mean a CD out of the drive? If so grab a paper clip, and bend the paper clip out straight; then just stick it into the tiny hole on the drive, you can then maunally open the drive by pushing. Good Luck :)
However, only SOME drives are able to do this. Also, make sure it's in the right hole and make sure that you due it right. A friend of mine messed up his complete drive by pushing it in too much. The button inside got stuck, and he had to throw the drive.
It probably was a hunk of crap if it got stuck. If not you can always take apart the drive itself its not too hard at all.
heh I remember my old Panasonic 7582 drive, had a fake non-existant paperclip hole to eject the media, only found out it was fake after I opened it up
if you are talking about the floppy drive, take a credit card, phone card, or anything else that resembles the above and stick it above the disk.. then hit the eject button..
with a little work you will be able to get it out :)