Majorly stressing! Right, does anybody have any advice? I was making a CD and then when it was almost done, the CD drive opened. Strange, I thought. The CD isn't finished yet! I figured there was a problem with the CD, a scratch or something, so took the CD out and tried to close the drive. Uh-oh. Drive wouldn't close!!! The computer had completly frozen, and then closed down by itself. So I tried to close it then, and - hooray! It closed! I left it a while, and then later on turned the computer back on. I tried to open the drive to check it was okay, and - nooo! It wouldn't open! It literally will not budge! I can't ask my Dad for advice, 'cause he was rushed to hospital the other night with heart problems - it's stress induced. And I know this will just stress him out A LOT. I would tell him and he'd be mad, which I could deal with, no problem. But I don't want to stress him. I'm thinking that I'm going to have to take the computer to some shop where they'll open her up and sort her out. But i have a laptop, so will that be a problem? I've tried restarting over and over again, and this drive will NOT open.
I would think twice before carting a laptop to the shops. I also hope your dad is going to be OK. Look after him, Ems!
Emma, please let us know how your dad is doing. I hope it was just an anxiety attack. Good luck with your computer! I wish I could help but I'm a total dummy about stuff like that.
Which is which? I think it's tray, but I don't really know. I hope my Dad will be okay. He felt as though his heart was missing beats and he just dimissed it, but then he felt it again and he sat down and decided to make a doctors appointment. About 4-5 days later he felt it again at work, and he hadn't made the apponitnment yet, so they took him to the hospital. They wanted to keep him in for about a week but he's going to South Africa tomorrow, so they let him go. Not entirely happy about that. If I don't get this fixed it means I won't be able to play my little simmies, which means 100 basically lying around. And no Stuart or Sophia.
Hi Babe, Your poor Dad sounds a bit stressed out. Hopefully we can fix your CD problem and ... though as its a CD writer we might be looking at a burned out chunk of scrap ... but let's look on the bright side and assume that it's just stuck. If it's a typical CD drawer type device then take a close look at the outside of the drawer. There might well be a tiny hole, often near the button you normally use to open the drawer manually (eg if you want to put in a game disc). The hole is really tiny ... full stop/period size. If there is such a hole then straighten out a paper clip and it will be just the right size to fit the hole. TURN OFF YOUR LAPTOP (make it hibernate and unplugged power cord) Now gently insert the wire into the hole and when you feel a slight resistance press gently and the latch will release. How far in the wire goes will vary but generally speaking if it goes in more than a centimetre you probably wnet in on an angle and missed the latch ... pull back and try to go in straight. If there's a hole there will be a latch to push against. I just tried it on my own (dead) laptop, so I know this works! Now the real nitty-gritty is see if it'll still read your game discs ... and maybe you'd better wait a while before trying any more CD burning in case the thing is on its last legs. The laser chip in CD burners tends to have a limited life ... :( PS Love the new sig!
Yep! Noticed the hole before, but didn't really know what it did. I will try that now. I have so many worries on me right now. A friend has started doing serious stuff with her boyfriend (the one I like), she's been basically crying to me about that, then another friend (boy) likes this girl from drama but she told me today she only likes him as a friend, which is still good, but he's been gone on her for about a year, then I have my lappy stresses, and then things have been a bit weird between mum and her fiance these past few days, and then there's my dad. Augh! Right now that's all I can say. I'm just so - augh, I just want to write augh over and over again. So I cheered myself up by making a new sig. Ta, Mirelly! The sig editor was being a pain in the arse for like half an hour, but I ordered it to shape itself.
That's rough, Babe. Sounds like you need some stress relief. You could go for a long run or just take a bubble bath, go to a movie, or something like that. Eat some ice cream, or pizza, or whatever your secret vice is. Go somewhere where no one can hear you and yell and scream and throw things. Hope your friend and the boyfriend are being careful, and sorry about the love triangle thing. That's hard. I've been there. How's your dad? Hope he's doing better. I hope your mum and her fiance patch things up. Things get weird in any relationship, occasionally, so don't fret too much. There's not much you can do about it, anyway.
