CD - RW drive won't eject

[ffaucher]

I have a LG CD-RW drive on Windows 98. It works properly except that after a while it refuses to eject. The only way to get back the disk is to reboot the computer. Any suggestion?

 

[micker377]

Look to see if there is a tiny hole in the front of the drive. If so, you insert a paper-clip to release the gears that hold the door closed. Be sure it has stopped spinning.

 

[czarj]

The only problem with using the little pin whole is that generally you have to reboot to use the drive properly afterwards.

 

[ANFPS26]

Are you using Direct CD? If so, you have to eject with the software.

Jim

 

[ffaucher]

ANFPS26,

I am using Roxio Easy CD Creator Basic v.5. Recently, I noticed that the options "Eject" and "Format", in the menu, are grayed. I reinstalled the software: no change.

 

[paparazi]

It seems to me the drive still thinks it has something to write, it's as if some data is still being quewed to write or similar.
I had something like this on a customers, it would always happen when he used packet writing on a particular rewritable disk he'd had, got rid of the disk and so got rid of his problem.
Also I have known virus's produce this fault.
One option maybe to uninstall and reinstall your Roxio.
Martin

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