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Stuck Disc

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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My Worms disc is stuck in My old and broken processor.

How can I get it out?

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    A quid says it isn't ;).

    You need to explain a little better - is it a floppy disc, or CD-ROM? Why can't you retrieve the disc?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The processor is dead and it's in the cd-rom drive.

    The eject button does nothing.
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    Jamie LJamie L Posts: 129 The Mix Convert
    I would try using the manual eject then. Usually most CD ROM drives will have a small hole that you can push a straightened paper clip in and open the drawer.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Jamie L wrote:
    I would try using the manual eject then. Usually most CD ROM drives will have a small hole that you can push a straightened paper clip in and open the drawer.
    there is one for the rewriter drive but not the other one.
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    Jamie LJamie L Posts: 129 The Mix Convert
    Is there a flap or is it a fixed front?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Jamie L wrote:
    Is there a flap or is it a fixed front?
    Theres a button, press it and a tray comes out. that where the cd is.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    If there's no small hole (which is very very surprising as pretty much every cd drive that I've ever seen has had one) that you can use to push open the tray manually, then you'll be stuck with either -

    Take the drive out, connect the power to a power connector on a working PC, power up that PC and use it to eject the disc OR

    Take the drive out and carefully pull it apart.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    the small hole might not necessarily be next to the button, it could be anywhere along the bottom of the disc tray bit.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    if theres no manual open thing and its not a rewriter then fuck it! just smash it open - its only a bog standard cd drive, only cost about a fiver if that.
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    Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    Jarvey Of Suburbia wrote:
    My Worms disc is stuck in My old and broken processor.

    How the FUCK does one manage that? Stop playing with black holes, fool!

    If there is no hole for a paperclip to be bent and pushed through, take out the drive and unscrew the fucker. Take disc out.

    Or take it out and put the drive in another PC.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Teh_Gerbil wrote:
    How the FUCK does one manage that? Stop playing with black holes, fool!

    :lol: no idea what you're on about, but it made me laugh
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    TheShyBoyInTheCorner wrote:
    :lol: no idea what you're on about, but it made me laugh
    A cd can't be in a processor, unless somehow it shrinked down and was teleported there -which I guess are things a black hole could do.
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    Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    Indrid Cold wrote:
    A cd can't be in a processor, unless somehow it shrinked down and was teleported there -which I guess are things a black hole could do.
    :thumb: Yup, I mean, how the fuck do you get a CD in a processor?!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Is this an Apple Mac by any chance? Just curious, as IIRC, a lot of the newer Macs from 2001 onwards don't have a manual eject hole that is accessible from the front of the machine without taking the drive out. If it is a Macintosh, turn on the computer holding down the mouse button, and the CD should eject.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    PartyAnimal1245 wrote:
    Is this an Apple Mac by any chance? Just curious, as IIRC, a lot of the newer Macs from 2001 onwards don't have a manual eject hole that is accessible from the front of the machine without taking the drive out. If it is a Macintosh, turn on the computer holding down the mouse button, and the CD should eject.
    No it's an old and dead tiny.
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