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Any lights on the CD drive - even just a flash when you turn the PC on or
off? _Could_ be just the power plug has come out (of the back of the drive),
though unlikely: they tend to hang on like grim death (even when you _want_
to disconnect them, in fact especially then!). Or, the data cable - either
at the CD drive end or the motherboard end.

Ron beat me to it with the paperclip; that's certainly what the little hole
is for. (I can't remember if they advise you not to do this with the power
on though.)

If the drive _has_ died, worry not; they're dirt cheap nowadays, if you can
even find a player-only; even writers are prety cheap, even DVD ones.
(Though watch out, especially under '98, for compatibility: some of the
softwares, in particular the Adaptec/Roxio one [Easy CD Creator], only work
with drives they know about, and they stopped adding to the list that goes
with the version of their software that runs under '98 some time ago; I'm
not sure if Nero is similar. AFAI am aware, there's no intrinsic lack of
support in '98 itself, and BurnForFree is I think not drive-specfic. These
are all to do with burners/burning though; I _think_ any drive will work as
a _reader_ [and without needing any drivers].)

No, it works just fine, thanks:)

Yes Jonny, it opened the normal way also by ejecting on a folder in
windows..all back to normal again ..until...next time?:)