Apple 145 manual Ejecting a disk, If you can’t eject a floppy disk

Ejecting a disk

You can eject a floppy disk by doing any of the following:

mClick the disk icon to select it and choose Put Away from the File menu.

The disk is ejected and its icon disappears from the desktop.

mDrag the disk icon to the Trash.

The disk is ejected and its icon disappears from the desktop. (Dragging a disk to the Trash does not erase the disk’s contents.)

mClick the disk icon to select it and choose Eject Disk from the Special menu.

The disk is ejected and its dimmed icon remains on the desktop.

You can use the first two methods to remove a hard disk icon from the Macintosh desktop (provided that it’s not your startup disk), or to disconnect from a shared disk on the network.

All three methods also work with CD-ROM discs.

If you can’t eject a floppy disk

If you can’t eject a floppy disk in the usual way, try the following in order:

1.Hold down the x and Shift keys and press the number 1 key on your keyboard to eject a disk in an internal disk drive; press x-Shift-2 to eject a disk in an external disk drive.

2.Turn off the Macintosh. If the disk isn’t ejected, then hold down the trackball button while you turn the computer on again.

3.Locate the small hole near the disk drive’s opening, and carefully insert the end of a large straightened paper clip into it. Push gently until the disk is ejected. Do not use excessive force.

4.If nothing works, take the computer or disk drive to your authorized Apple service provider to have the disk removed.

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