Open the Computer folder and right-click the icon for the CD or DVD drive that is stuck, and then click Eject. Look for a small hole below the Drive Tray. This is the Manual Tray Release.

One of the first things I did when i bought my MBP last year was to remove the DVD drive and put an OptiBay in its place. I put the drive into the free USB enclosure, and I haven't used it since.

Q: The DVD drive on my PC will not open. I have tried teasing it open with a paper clip but to no avail. Doug Aitken, by email A: Have another go with the paperclip and the manual release catch.

While it may be a sad day that the more affordable and fully-baked format lost, I know many friends who bought one of these sub-$150 players as a great 1080i or 1080p up-converting DVD player ...

Apple's DVD Player will only work with internal DVD drives and will give an error -70012 if you open it with only an external DVD drive attached. Topher Kessler ...

Whenever you connect a USB drive, external drive, or DVD to your computer, you have to open This PC or Computer folder, find the drive icon, and click on it. If you close the Explorer window and ...

When you insert a DVD into the computer's DVD drive, the native DVD Player application loads automatically. If for some reason it does not, open the DVD Player manually by accessing it in the ...