My DVD`s get stuck in my DVD every now and then (won`t eject) on winxp, is this a known problem or is it just my drive?
Known problem. A reset will fix it - but what worked for me was CloneCD. Getting CloneCD to eject the tray by trying to copy something (thus prompting for a disc), then quitting out had CloneCD unlock the tray for me.
Nowadays I use Vista and don't have the problem anymore (not sure I ever had it with XPSP2 either), but I'm sure whatever CD software you use would probably help in a similar way.
don't forget the paperclip in the manual eject hole method.
I used to do that until I almost frazzled the drive. Don't do that while it's on.