Originally Posted by peanutbutter

There is a little hole under the slot for the cd or dvd drive, and if you stick a bent paperclip, (I use a dull needle) it will make the tray slide out, or go in. If that doesn't jolt the drive back into reality, try going into the Devive Manager (Control Panel> System> Hardware) and uninstalling the drive through Windows. Windows should "find" it again on a reboot.