The How-To Geek weblog details how to create a desktop or keyboard shortcut to instantly eject your CD or DVD drive on your Windows computer. The special sauce lies in using the previously mentioned ...

I'm working on this old iMac (350Mhz) which booted up the "Folder ?" deal. So I pop in the Norton CD to boot it up. Norton wants to format the drive. What the? Instead, I get it to check the drive ...

Anyone have any quick and easy ways to have a keyboard shortcut or desktop shortcut to eject a CD from the drive? My tower is in a awkward position and it's a pain in the ass to bend over and find the ...

Don't try to eject a drive when you've got files open or are copying large amounts of data to or from it. If nothing seems to be using the drive, use Terminal to highlight any background services that ...

On Windows, Quick Removal allows safe drive removal without ejecting, but the feature isn't perfect. Mac systems rely on safe ...

From time-to-time, removable media (including CDs, DVDs and others) can refuse to eject via the normal Mac OS X methods -- pressing the keyboard eject key; using the Command-E keyboard combination; ...

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