I'm challenged, please help...

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I recently was not thinking and put in a minidisk inside of my MBP. What am I supposed to do? Please someone give me some advise of what I could possibly do to eject this disk. It's not wide enough to eject with the button and tweezers don't fit inside the drive hole.
 

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Try digging it out with a butter knife! If that doesn't work, squirt your garden hose in there, that should wash it out. :D Naw, you're not as challenged as you say! Happens all the time!
Power down your computer to park the HD, then turn the computer (slot down) and give a couple shakes. Hold tight now!
 
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That happened to me before; how embarassing.

Just turn it off and hold tight, and shake it just like Neo said. You could also aid it with gentle taps on the opposite end of the drive while held upside down. It would be safer if you do it on a bed, just in case you accidentally slip off.
 

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You can also try:
Holding down the mouse button while re-booting.
 
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You can also try:
Holding down the mouse button while re-booting.
I don't think that would work...
rfleetw originally inserated a minidisk. I don't see how ejecting the disk "in a different way" would help...
 

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You can try using either a business card or index card to remove the disk.
 

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I'm guessing he got the minidisk out.

Or maybe he tried the garden hose first, and hasn't had a computer to post again.
 

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