Why won't the disk drive on my computer open?
354386
my computer attacks me at my school the disk thing opens and closes in 1 second 1 second it is open the other it is closed i got my hand stuck in it so many times
643323
either your harddrive is crashed, of it is bad. It need major work, if you were here where I lived you could bring it to me, but you should take it to a shop where they can find out the problem
1131484
Just straighten out a paper clip and insert it into the emergency release on the front fo the unit...everyone has one. You will have to press hard but it will pop the drive open.
769250
You can try putting the floppy disk in, open up my computer, right click on the floppy drive, and select properties, tools, and then do a disk error check. If that doesn't work you're SOL. \nWords of advice: Get rid of floppies! They fail and don't hold nearly as much as a CD or Flash drive (thumb drive, dongle, whatever you want to call it)
273773
there should be a small hole on the face of the drive. This is used to open the drive in an "emergancy". Just insert something small into the hole untill the drive opens. This method of opening is mecanical and will only open the drive a small ammount of the way. After this you should be able to easily open it by hand. I would advise that you turn off the power at the socket before attempting this.
101162
It sounds like either your harddrive crashed or has been disconnected.  Check to make sure the harddrive is connected properly.  Beyond that you'll have to replace the harddrive and re-install your operating system.
831101
It happens, just go to 'my computer', then find the drive and double click, it will then start up. It can get annoying but windows is lame so what do you expect?
938553
I'm no expert on how to fix computers, but if your CD is still jammed in there, look for the manual release. There should be a tiny hole on or near your CD tray; stick a pin or something slender in there and your tray should open.
686134
Try putting a floppy disk in the drive that you have used before and it worked last time you used it.  If it isn't recognized, it's possible that the drive itself may have gone bad.  Fortunately floppy drives are quite inexpensive now as it is considered an outdated technology.  I would, however, suggest finding another computer that has both a CD burner and a floppy drive, and using it to burn your files to a CD.  If it is the floppy drive that's broken, I'd suggest replacing it with a CD burner (they aren't very expensive anymore).  Floppy drives are pretty much obsolete, so if you want to keep your files for any length of time, you would be better off to go with more current technology.
47870
your hard disk might have developed some bad sectors, or there is some problem with your file system.\n\nRun a complete scan on your hard disk, it can solve your problem.
333493
Sorry, need more info.\n\nAn inactive drive maybe faulty, or a system partition.
280561
Try this -\n\nOpen control panel, then system, then hardware, then device manager, then disk drives, double click on your bad drive and click troubleshoot.\n\nGood Luck
246935
unbend a paper clip and stick the paper clip into the small hole in the front of the drive. that should release it
488729
The most sensible answer is that you've pulled out one of the connectors for the hard drive. Try pushing them back in?
319460
Make sure there are no floppies or cds in the computer when it is booting up.  Otherwise your hard drive may be in trouble.
965093
If it isn't automatically detecting it, you'll likely need to manually enter the information.  There should be an option in the bios to manually enter it - you'll likely need to consult your HD documentation to get the drive's geometry so you can input it.
1132401
try to brink it up in safe mode, tap on the F8 key before windows starts, and see if it will finish the scandisk