I have a CD stuck in my drive, but I can't turn my notebook on to get it out. I recently got a new notebook, so I have virtually no need for the computer other than the CD that is stuck inside.
2007-01-09 02:10:32 · 8 answers · asked by hdog5603 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Yes, this is fairly simple. Take a paper-clip or a simmilar thin metal strip. Bend it so that it had about a 1" strait portion on the end. There should be a very small hole on your CD drive. Insert the paper-clip into that hole and depress gently until the drive releases and opens. You can slide it back in after you are done so that you don't break the drive off.
Since the notebook cannot turn on, I would suggest that you either donate it to a charity organization or attempt to sell it for parts on eBay.
Good luck with getting your disk out!
2007-01-09 02:17:36 · answer #1 · answered by ncpropes 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You may be able to.
If the drive has a small hole (about 1 mm, 1/20th inch) in the front you can use a straightened paperclip pushed down it to release the drive lock and open the tray. Goes in somewhere from 1/4" to 1" (1/2cm - 2cm) until it meets a surface that gives a bit when you push gently.
Works for desktops and some laptops. For sure my Compaq has a hole in its CD tray cover and for sure it opens the tray.
If theres no hole??? Is it a fixed drive? Can you take the drive out and put it in another computer?
If the computer is dead and scrap, you can always use a set of screwdrivers & pliers and dismantle the laptop to get at the drive... and the drive itself to get at the CD.
2007-01-09 02:21:10 · answer #2 · answered by bambamitsdead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find a small pin, or needle and there should be a little hole on the front of your cd drive somewhere, push the pin in there and then it should open.
Good luck
2007-01-09 02:15:57 · answer #3 · answered by Gimosuby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a pinhole on the front panel of your cd drive, insert a long needle in it and push, the drive will open up.
2007-01-09 02:16:01 · answer #4 · answered by Michael 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can do that by detaching the CD drive from the computer & opening(means that unscrew & open the top) the CD drive. If otherewise you cannot remove it i think
2007-01-09 02:18:55 · answer #5 · answered by Prasanna 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well with a desktop computer you can but you have a labtop and they don't open just by sticking something in the hole and it pops open. they don't have that. you could always force the computers disk drive open with a tool or something. also if you said why you cant turn it on we might of been able to tell you a better way of getting your drive open
hope this answers your question
2007-01-09 02:18:18 · answer #6 · answered by Mark ツ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
before everything a cd rigidity is what you employ for disks, in case you meant which you had an partioned hardrive which you extremely prefer to eliminate then, it might take place under disk administration so which you will eliminate. ( you will possibly desire to format first, by technique of suited clicking and determining on format ) WinRAR is an extraction software not for becoming drives.
2016-12-15 19:30:26 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can not get it out if it is not on because it needs energy to open it.
2007-01-09 02:17:03 · answer #8 · answered by Butterfly Girl 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋