JHB <BakerJo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>I have a zip 250 external drive, and I have a disc jammed in it. No
>amount of button pressing or "mouse command" will move it. If  press
>the green button all I get is a buzzing as if its trying, but
>something is jamming it. The mouse action only gets a message that
>there is no disc in the drive.

>Is there any way to extract a disc under the these conditions without
>ruining the drive? I would appreciate anyones advice.

Deep...@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> JHB <BakerJo...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> I have a zip 250 external drive, and I have a disc jammed in it. No
>> amount of button pressing or "mouse command" will move it. If  press
>> the green button all I get is a buzzing as if its trying, but
>> something is jamming it. The mouse action only gets a message that
>> there is no disc in the drive.

>> Is there any way to extract a disc under the these conditions without
>> ruining the drive? I would appreciate anyones advice.

> I haven't used a 250, but the 100 had an emergency eject hole in the
> back of the drive.  You could stick a straightened paper clip in there
> to force the drive to eject the disk.  I would expect the 250 would
> have that as well.  Remove power from the drive before using it.