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One possible way to eject troublesome CDs or DVDs
Authored by: RussellK on Aug 08, '06 11:08:42AM

Just out of curiosity: does rebooting and holding down the mouse button actually trigger an action different from the Eject button?

As long as you're relying on the hardware's "motor" to eject the CD, why would it be different to a) just press the eject button on your keyboard during normal operation; b) access the Eject CD command via contextual menu/menubar; c) drag the CD to the Trash/Eject icon on your dock; or d) hold down the mouse button during reboot?

In other words, is there any basis for this reboot/mouse method to work (as opposed to just continuously trying to eject via any of the other methods mentioned until the drive finally succeeds in spitting out the disk)?



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One possible way to eject troublesome CDs or DVDs
Authored by: wordsofwisedumb on Aug 08, '06 06:51:37PM

If it is a mechanical problem, no there is no reason to reboot. If there is a problem with software, (like the Mac freezing so the eject button doesn't work) then the reboot solution could help by ejecting before the Mac has a chance to become unstable and freeze.



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