to eject the CD/dvd drive

I watched a dvd on my computer. Now, the disk won't work. I tried to hit the eject button on my computer, I tried going to computer, hit the button for the disc and then hitting eject. I also tried the thing of a paper clip. I've never had this problem before. What should I do?

leopardclaw,
The disc is always running or is he arrested?  If it runs at all times, he won't allow the disc to be ejected.  What software you used to watch the movie?  Have you tried to load the software to see if the film will play?  Then you can tell him to stop and eject the disc.  If the disc does not turn, go into Device Manager and see if it sees the drive and if it has no exclamation mark above him.  Try reinstalling the driver to see if that gets the drive works again.  If it does not, and does not appear in Device Manager, it is possible that the player has gone wrong and you may need to get a computer tech to look at it.

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