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Subject:
Physical opening of computer disk drawers.
Category: Computers Asked by: gafro-ga List Price: $10.00 |
Posted:
23 Dec 2005 06:35 PST
Expires: 22 Jan 2006 06:35 PST Question ID: 609207 |
How doI unlock my CD & floppy disk drawers which refuse to slide open? |
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Subject:
Re: Physical opening of computer disk drawers.
From: sw33t-ga on 23 Dec 2005 07:59 PST |
Most CD-ROM drives have a small hole on the front on them. Un-ravel a paperclip and insert one end of the paperclick into the hole on the CD-ROM. Push Hard and the CD tray will pop out. As for the Disk Drive... The button on your pc case might be broken.. You might want to try removing the casing on your pc and take a look. I know it's not a complete answer but i hope it helps. Do you have media stuck in these drives? If not I'd throw away the floppy disk drive and invest my money in a USB key. http://www.pchardware.co.uk/usbkeydrive.php They can hold more data and a less likely to become damaged. |
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Re: Physical opening of computer disk drawers.
From: eljedo-ga on 27 Dec 2005 23:56 PST |
To open a CD drive, do as sw33t says and use a paperclip. It is very important that you remember to 'straighten' the paperclip first, or the technique will not work. Find a very small hole on the front of your CD drive, and push the paperclip into it, holding it as straight as you can. This does require some force, so don't be afraid that you will break it. The manual gears will turn, and the door of the tray will open just enough so you can grab it with your fingers and pull it all the way open. Floppy drives are a little more tricky. You can try to open the floppy drive door with your finger and use a pair of small needle-nosed pliers to lift up on the disk and pull it. This rarely works however, as the metal cover for the magnetic disk is engaged inside the drive, and does not release. The other solution is to remove your floppy drive from your tower, first remove the front bezel by depressing the small tabs on both sides of the drive near the front, and then locate the 4 small screws that hold the top and bottom pieces of the drive together. unscrew those 4 screws, and remove the top portion of the drive, this will give you access to the disk. |
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Re: Physical opening of computer disk drawers.
From: benwhitey-ga on 31 Dec 2005 07:02 PST |
Try using a flat head screw driver to carefully pry the drive open. It sounds like the drive is broken, can it read the disk (if there is one) in the drive? sw33t-ga is right, if there is a cd in the drive then it may be worth it to remove. Otherwise you should probably throw it out and get a new one. Floppy and cd drives are not expensive. Another thing you could try is to take the drive apart and then throw it out once you removed the media. If you do that you should not to put it back together and use it. |
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Re: Physical opening of computer disk drawers.
From: impaler13354-ga on 31 Dec 2005 11:41 PST |
this accually happened to me for awile it turns out there was a spyware program doing this jamming both drives i sugjest scanning for that first |
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