Another computer question...

[Quiet_Cool]

Is there any actual reason why my CDR might not eject a CD containing photos when I push the EJECT button, or when I right click the drive and highlight EJECT?

If it's this fucking Gateway again...



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[carsonshepherd]

uh, the drive is broken? i had to replace my CD drive in my Gateway.

 

[minsue]

Unless it's something to do with the program you're viewing the photos on, I'd guess it's your drive. Is the program still running or closed when you try to eject?

 

[Quiet_Cool]

It's done this before, with this particular CD. Somehow, last time, it eventually kicked it out (and I forgot about said issue until it occurred again, possibly more than a year later). I've restarted the comp. several times, and if the program is still running, I'm not certain how it is...

This sucks.

Oh, well. I'm nearing the point where the next comp is going to be replacing this one. Actually picked one out already. This still pisses me off, though. It's only the 8 millionth thing to fail on this piece of shit.

Is there any chance that this thing could be running in the background eventhough it's been restarted? I checked the listing, and nothing looks like it could be working with the drive, but...



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[Weird Harold]

Is there any actual reason why my CDR might not eject a CD containing photos when I push the EJECT button, or when I right click the drive and highlight EJECT?

That depends on the format of the CD and what program is being used to access it.

For example, I use a pre-Roxio version of Adaptec DirectCD that makes the CD drive work like a hard drive. I have to use the DirectCD program to unlock the CD-Drive before ejecting the disk if any of the files on a CD formatted for use with DirectCD have been opened.

DirectCD loads as a device driver every time the system boots and if it detects a CD that has't been properly closed and unlocked when it loads, it will lock it to try an force the user to properly close the files on it before allowing it to be ejected.

I don't know if the Roxio version of DirectCD after they bought out Adaptec is a touchy about CD's being properly closed or not, but it does sound like something is locking the drive -- i.e. disabling the Eject function to insure that all of the buffers are flushed and the files closed before allowing the CD to be removed.

 

[Liar]

The CD eject function is software based. Some other program can be blocking it. Go by the old rule: If all else fails, reboot.

 

[impressive]

There's a little hole on the front of all such drives into which you can stick an unfolded paper clip and trigger the manual eject.

 

[Quiet_Cool]

That depends on the format of the CD and what program is being used to access it.

For example, I use a pre-Roxio version of Adaptec DirectCD that makes the CD drive work like a hard drive. I have to use the DirectCD program to unlock the CD-Drive before ejecting the disk if any of the files on a CD formatted for use with DirectCD have been opened.

DirectCD loads as a device driver every time the system boots and if it detects a CD that has't been properly closed and unlocked when it loads, it will lock it to try an force the user to properly close the files on it before allowing it to be ejected.

I don't know if the Roxio version of DirectCD after they bought out Adaptec is a touchy about CD's being properly closed or not, but it does sound like something is locking the drive -- i.e. disabling the Eject function to insure that all of the buffers are flushed and the files closed before allowing the CD to be removed.

Smart people. Thanx, Harold, and everyone else...

(I'm still killing this fuckin' machine when I pick up the new one...)

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[Liar]

There's a little hole on the front of all such drives into which you can stick an unfolded paper clip and trigger the manual eject.

Ah, yes. I keep forgetting that because my own piece of shit version of a cd drive doesn't have that.