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A disk is stuck in my slot-loading Dell Studio Hybrid. How can I get it out?

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Mar 15, 202657062 views
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The slot-loading optical drive in my Dell Studio Hybrid has been acting up. Sometimes it works fine, sometimes it churns and makes some unpleasant sounds. Now I can't even get it to eject the disc that's in there. Many drives have an "emergency eject" pinhole, but I don't see one here. How can I ge…

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I had this happen to me, only worse when I learnt the hard way not to put miniCDs into slot-load CD drives! I tried the below things, and eventually managed to get it out. Admittedly some of these have potential to get you into a worse mess than you…

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