cd stuck in my laptop

[queen 1954]

i put a cd into my laptop and when it wouldnt play i opened the drawer only to find it empty.i guess i stupidly didnt click it into place properly and now its gone inside the laptop.i turned it on its side and shook it very gently hoping it would come out but no luck.any advice would be appreciated.ie is it possible to remove the drawer to get it out?

[ChuckFickens]

How on earth did you manage that!!

Anyhow.... no you can't remove the drawer, can you see the CD at all with the drawer open? if so try using some tweezers (sp?) if not then it will probably need the drive removed and somebody trying to get the top off the drive.

[wildwood]

Not saying that you're as silly as me but I've in the past tried to remove a CD/DVD from the desktop and found the drawer empty, the disk was in the other drive (°o°)

I've just looked in mine and the missus' drives and there is no way one could even purposely get a disk to slide down the back. What is the make/serial of your optical drive?

[Prudentia]

this happened to us a few months ago, don't panic, the solution is easy and ours was solved in about 3 minutes, with no external (i.e pc world and commercial interests) help, problem is we cannot remember how, but we found the answer on the internet.

[ChuckFickens]

p.s.

".i turned it on its side and shook it"

Hopefully when it was switched off, otherwise you'll be shopping for a new hard drive as well as a new CD drive soon.

[Prudentia]

we remember now, we called up the manual for our fujitsu-siemens laptop, the solution just popped up.

[AlBags]

Don't all the letters on the screen fall off when you do that?

Look for a tiny hole on the front of drawer. Use a hairgrip or wire to push into it. That releases the drawer.

[ChuckFickens]

"i opened the drawer only to find it empty"

[NazNomad]

I imagine the OP looked a lot like your avatar at the time, Chuck. lmao.

[AlBags]

Ah .. Me no read properly tonight ..
Case off then.

[queen 1954]

as i said in my post i dont think i clicked it into place properly so when i shut the drawer it pushed it intside,i did switch it off before i tried to shake it(very gently)i cant see it at all and have no idea what the serial number is.looks like a trip to the repair shop then but thanks for your replies