How to Remove a Stuck CD from Optical Drives?
If a CD or DVD gets stuck in your computer’s optical drive, you can actually extract it by yourself without seeking help from a technician. What you need to do is to insert a straightened paper clip into a tiny hole that is located on the front of the drive, typically right next to the eject switch. Once you’ve inserted the clip, the stuck CD should be easily ejected.
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September 27th, 2009 23:35
You’re Awesome, Thanks!
Great work!
My video game was stuck tight until I read this post!
August 11th, 2009 13:42
OMG thanks!! lol I always asked myself why that hole in the drive of my laptop and desktop.. what a noob’!
July 19th, 2009 10:31
THANK GAWD! OMG i didnt use a paperclip but i used my pinky nail and it came right out. Man you saved me a friendship! The dvd that was stuck was a good, and yet really uptight friend. If the dvd wasn’t brought back man oh man….
July 7th, 2009 21:59
Thank you! You stopped my full blown panic attack and may have saved me my job as well!
May 30th, 2009 03:44
What if the CD is no longer on the disc drive but evidently was pushed somewhere inside the computer?
May 6th, 2009 05:50
thanks so much, you save me about a zillion dollars and one bottle of advil. the paper clip went in the hole and out popped the cd. the cd was put in proper, just wouldn’t come out. weird huh?
March 19th, 2009 00:05
You are so awesome!!!!!!! I was going out of my mind trying to figure out how to get that cd out. Thanks !
February 13th, 2009 04:37
hey thanks a lot!
January 9th, 2009 02:24
That did the trick … Thanks for sharing …
December 27th, 2008 03:04
A paperclip is the caveman method.
Do this: Disable the drive in device manager, use eject button, and then re-enable the drive.
December 26th, 2008 05:30
you rule! thanks for the tip!
November 26th, 2008 00:25
THANK-YOU!!! Just did it and it worked like a charm!
July 30th, 2008 00:16
Awesome! Thank you!
June 4th, 2008 14:09
Great tip. It worked for me in less than a minute and saved me a trip to the computer store to get it fixed.
March 3rd, 2008 00:43
Stopped making the noise it was, but on my Dell PC, it’s making a different noise. This is the second one that’s gone bad.
December 14th, 2007 11:57
my drive does not have a tiny hole
what now? please anybody?
December 11th, 2007 01:53
god, you’ve just save my ass!! thanks a lot. it really worked!!
July 20th, 2007 07:29
BRILLIANT!!!! Works instantly!!!
May 7th, 2007 04:35
Brilliant – just tried it and it worked!
March 2nd, 2007 14:28
I am simple and live to simple so contact me simply.
March 1st, 2007 20:52
I actually eject the cd this way when I buy a new notebook, before I ever turn the computer on for the 1st time, replace it with a bootable Acronis True Image CD Rescue CD to make an Image Backup of the drive as it was delivered from the factory on to an external drive. It’s not a trick, but very occasionally useful. Better than using a screwdriver as I’ve seen people do.
March 1st, 2007 06:26
Lol…. isn’t this trick…. usually shown within the user manual of the optical drive? X_X