Hi Experts, I'm using the following.. -- COmpaq Presario 7000 US series -- Windows ME I'm unable to eject the CD-RW.. Need help!!! This si Philips CDD4801 CD-RW. a) Is this an issue with Compaq or Microsoft? any help is appresiated.. Note ==== I was able to open until last month.. I did some upgrade from Windows ME.. Not sure whether that is the cause... Please help.. Thanks! Natrajan

Look for a small pin hole on the ffront of the cd drive. Use a paper clip or something similar to push into the hole and eject the drive. A bad cd-rw could cause this. You could also try killing power to the PC then restarting and try ejecting before windows loads.

Hi, Thanks for your quick response... I tried both uyour suggestion.. NOT worked.. It was working fine untile few weeks before!!1 any other other idea?? thanks! Natrajan

Does it get power at all ? If so you should be able to eject it with one of those suggestions. My next uneducated attempt would be to open up the case unplug the HD, power the system back on and start banging away at the power button.

Yes, it gets the power.. let me try it again..

you have to push the paper clip real hard on some drives. much harder than you would think, as it is not pushing a button, but manually pushing open the sliding tray. PUSH! It happens to my cdrw once in a blue moon. itll be fine as soon as you get that one out. it may even work again (the disc).

you may of allready tried this but if not goto my computer and right click on your cdrw and coose eject cd..hope this helps..