Force Eject CD in OS X, with Parallels, running Windows XP, oops.

I feel silly writing this, but more than that I feel obliged to try and help my fellow moron.

Twice now I’ve had a DVD get stuck in my Mac Book Pro.  There are several ways to force eject a CD/DVD, though my favorite (the one I remember) is to boot while holding down the mouse button.  But I just figured out what my real problem was.  Windows XP, running in Parallels, was mounting my DVD instead of OS X.  That’s why I couldn’t mount or eject it from OS X.

One Response to “Force Eject CD in OS X, with Parallels, running Windows XP, oops.”

  1. nicedog Says:

    Great tip!

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