Okay tech-heads, I need help. One of my producers tried to stick one of those under-sized CDs into her slot drive on her powerbook, but the laptop doesn't like it -- it's not seeing the disk, nor is it coughing the disk up. Any suggestions on how to get the sucker out?
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Sean K - Feb 16, 2006 12:44:22 pm PST #7118 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Jessica - Feb 16, 2006 12:46:23 pm PST #7119 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Turn it upside-down and shake it?
Or try this.
Unfortunately, Powerbooks are *really* bad at ejecting stuck discs. When it happened to mine (well, my office's), I had to send it in to tech support. [eta: and that was with a full-size DVD. I'm not sure the eject mechanism can reach a mini-sized one.]
Sean K - Feb 16, 2006 12:56:50 pm PST #7120 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Thanks for the link, Jess.
Neither of the solutions provided there worked, but your "turn it upside down and shake it" procedure worked perfectly.
dcp - Feb 16, 2006 1:43:34 pm PST #7121 of 10003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
free firewall recommendations
I've been using ZoneAlarm, haven't had any problems.
le nubian - Feb 16, 2006 1:53:30 pm PST #7122 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I used to have problems with Zonealarm and torrent applications. Have you had problems in that area?
dcp - Feb 16, 2006 1:57:31 pm PST #7123 of 10003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
No, haven't tried that, sorry.
le nubian - Feb 16, 2006 2:11:58 pm PST #7124 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
thanks for the rec anyway. I installed it. next time I torrent I guess I'll find out!
DXMachina - Feb 16, 2006 2:15:43 pm PST #7125 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
FWIW, I've used ZoneAlarm for a long time, and I haven't noticed any problems with torrents.
le nubian - Feb 16, 2006 2:22:42 pm PST #7126 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
interesting. okay thanks. Zone Alarm was causing some serious issue - maybe it was with Norton and not torrents - but I had to remove it from my computer altogether to do whatever it was I wanted to do.
evil jimi - Feb 16, 2006 8:25:47 pm PST #7127 of 10003
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
I had problems with ZoneAlarm and networking and torrenting. I switched to Kerio and everything is sweet.
I should add that it's an earlier version of Kerio that what is on the site now but it should work okay.