Today has been made of fail!

[ellenmillion]

At least, at work.

I totally broke my DVD writer - wanged it with my knee while it was open and even though I thought I carefully reassembled it correctly, now it refuses to open. Cracked the computer case and wiggled everything I could, but it's an cased unit, and it's still refusing to open.

Additionally, mine is apparently the only writer in the whole office that will write to the only discs that we have. *le sigh*

Additionally, I forgot to include one of the discs I DID successfully make in a package before I sealed it, and now I find that there is no duct tape in the office. No shipping or strapping tape, either, but really, what kind of poser engineering office DOESN'T HAVE DUCT TAPE?!

Sadly, a search of my car turns up only electrical tape. Clearly I fail as an Alaskan.

Comments

[andreags.livejournal.com]

There should be a way to manually open it. CD and DVD drives have a tiny hole in the face of the drive - usually to the left of the "open" button (depends on how they're laid out). If you open up a paperclip and push it in there, it should open your drive.

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

:( Even that doesn't work - this sucker is well and truly stuck. You can hear it's little motor grinding when I try to open it, but it doesn't budge.

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

But thanks for the tip!

[metasilk.livejournal.com]

No duct tape?

Augh!

...er, I'd better check my car in the morning. At least I know where at least one roll is in the house...

[jenelycam.livejournal.com]

YOU SUCK!! ;P

Sorry you're having a bad day!! *HUGS ELLEN TIGHT*

[kadiera.livejournal.com]

We don't have duct tape here in my office full of engineers - but we have "body tape" which is some odd love child of duct tape, 100 mph tape, and gaffer's tape.

Still, it's odd not to have duct tape