Jane: I'm glad you could solve your issue. I guess you might be dealing with a bad brand or the media volume was written setting a record speed that is just not supported by the drive. If you could get it ejected by using the 1st method (using Disk Utility), you don't have to be affraid your Cube might have a mechanical problem... I recently have had a similar issue using a PowerMac G5 and the 3rd method (boot into open firmware) saved me. Rgds, LM >>>jane007 at centurytel.net 12/09/06 7:30 pm >>> Luis, Just want to let you know that your first suggestion (#1) worked. When I get brave enough, I'll put in another CD and see if it sticks again. Thank you VERY much! Jane On Dec 4, 2006, at 9:08 AM, Luis Meleiro wrote: >Jane: try the following... > >1. Use Disk Utility to eject The first and simplest method, if you >only want to unmount a single volume on the disk, is to use Disk >Utility, located in Applications/Utilities. In Disk Utility, simply >select the volume you want to unmount and click Eject. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/cube/attachments/20061211/c08e8fea/attachment.html