-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Firefox Revisited
- From: ~OoO~ <sirtroth@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 14:34:27 -0500
The paperclip in the hole will not cause anything crazy. The sole =
purpose of that hole is for that very reason. If you did it with the =
computer on, you might confuse the OS a bit, but nothing harmful. In my =
opinion, best to do it with the computer off if possible.
Stand by... I have another post to follow...
---Troth
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From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =
[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of betty
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 11:42 AM
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: Firefox Revisited
Thanks, Troth. Before I go ahead, I just want you to see what comes up=20
when I
try to eject the CD. Yesterday, when I checked one of the other options, =
is when
everything went crazy. So my question is, in doing the paper clip thing, =
will something
crazy happen?
~OoO~ wrote:
>In the future, to shut down the computer if it won't work using the =3D
>normal method, all you need to do is hold down the power button for 5 =
=3D
>seconds. System will then shut down. Don't do it this way unless =3D
>absolutely necessary, as you won't get a shut down sequence, but =
instead =3D
>you will get a quick cold shut down just like the plug was pulled. Only =
=3D
>difference is that its more convenient than unplugging the system.
>
>Regarding the CD drive...
>
>Two ways you can eject the drive.
>
>First way... After you've managed to shut down the system, you need to =
=3D
>restart the system and then press the eject button just as you start =
the =3D
>computer. Do it as soon as the power on the computer goes on... just =
=3D
>keep hitting that eject button.
>
>Second way... most drives have a little visible pinhole on them, =
usually =3D
>directly beneath the tray. Get yourself a paperclip, stick it in that =
=3D
>pinhole until you feel resistance, and then push that paperclip in with =
=3D
>some force, effectively popping open the drive. And, don't worry... you =
=3D
>won't break anything. That pinhole has a purpose, and I just described =
=3D
>to you what it is. Its there for when you have a drive that will not =
=3D
>open electrically. It's a manual eject.
>
>You most likely just had a bad burn. Unfortunately, some drives don't =
=3D
>like bad burns. So, they sort of jam up on you while the drive is =
trying =3D
>to read it. Which is why you want to eject the drive before Windows =3D
>loads up.
>
>Try again. Try burning at the slowest possible speed and make sure you =
=3D
>are not doing anything else on that computer. Every computer and drive =
=3D
>is different. Some are more picky with how much resources it wants or =
=3D
>even needs to effectively make the burn.
>
>So... try the burn again, and don't worry... you're doing great. The =
=3D
>datat is still there. No loss (unless its bad sectors and your =
bookmarks =3D
>happen to be stored at that exact point). But, again, you need to do =
=3D
>that error-checking scan. Even more so now that this happened. You want =
=3D
>to make sure that the hard drive did not go bad on you.
>
>---Troth
>
>
>
> =20
>
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