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another method if you don't have a floppy disk...
Authored by: bcometa on Fri, Jun 13 2008 at 12:26PM PDT

I thought of this after reading ericdsa's comment, but instead of a CD or DVD, I used two credit cards (well, the same size, shape, and material as credit cards); one wedged below the stuck cd or dvd, one wedged above the stuck cd, applied tension, and voila!

see the video here: http://www.corewerkz.com/2008/06/13/video-how-to-remove-stuck-cd-from-imac-slot-loading-optical-drive/

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another method if you don't have a floppy disk...
Authored by: Stelex on Sun, Jun 15 2008 at 8:09AM PDT

Here is the way you can take it out by using a piece of a cardboard, worked in most cases: http://www.silvermac.com/2006/dvd-stuck-in-macbook-pro/