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Unbootable CD as Startup Stuck in Drive!
Name: syscrusher Date: March 4, 2002 at 15:30:29 Pacific
Comment:
I have an iMac with OS9. With the software installation disk in the drive, I used the Startup Disk control panel to point to the CD as the startup disk. (I thought I had the Software Restore disc in there, but it turns out to have been the main installation disk.)
I told it to reboot and voila - my iMac is trying to boot from a disk it can't boot from. Worse, I can't get the CD out of the drive. The eject button doesn't work. Nothing works. I have a magazine to publish in two days and I am screwed if I can't fix this thing fast.
Does anyone know how to get the disc out of the drive? I can't find a place for a paper clip to pop it out.
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