I have done this several times with good results. Better than fishing around inside the drive with tools that might damage something.

colleenthompson, Dec 31 2009 @ 11:40 AM

I just remembered actually, I once accidentally jammed a second CD into a stereo, the way I got it out was by taking it apart and removing the drive, so that is a good way to go.

rab777hp, Dec 31 2009 @ 7:09 PM

The Mac Mini doesn't have any eject button, so that didn't work. The "two-credit-cards-method" didn't work either, it was already too much stuck in there... I found a YouTube instruction video on how to remove the top case and then the two CDs could be pulled out manually. All well that ends well! (And now I've blocked the opening of the CD-drive with a strip of tape outside, so I don't have to do it all over again...)

Sara, Jan 4 2010 @ 4:44 AM

If you have decided against your optical drive, you may be interested in replacing it with another hard drive, a lot of people do that now and it's a common setup

rab777hp, Jan 4 2010 @ 9:13 PM

That sounds like a good tip, but if there are already two disks in there, is it a good idea to jam in a third?

colleenthompson, Dec 31 2009 @ 11:39 AM

I highly doubt you'd be able to get a third one in there, to jam it you'd probably have to bang it in with a hammer.

rab777hp, Dec 31 2009 @ 7:08 PM