How do I open up the EZ1601 to get out a disk I dropped in the machine?

emachines EZ1601 How to Remove HDD

Unless you do this for a living, you should let a pro do it.

All-In-One desktop computer disassembly isn't usually posted.
Technology is still new enough, and required skills needed, dissuade the imparting of this information.

Plus eMachines is about worthless for support info anyway, lol!

A) Construction, and design of the machine dictate a laptop type of environment.
All the hardware components are crammed into one tiny box, with very little cooling inside, and the monitor is attached. (LCD screen)

Free Service Manual,

http://www.manualslib.com/manual/232919/Acer-Ez1601-01.html#manual

Just go to the top, and click on the page number you want, or go page by page;
OR,
Scroll to the bottom right below the first page, and click on the Green -
Download Manual (154 pages, 9.48Mb)

Going inside the all-in-one means you had better wear an ESD wrist strap, and have the alligator clip attached to a good ground source.
(Electro Static Discharge)

Your body carries Static electricity. Static WILL fry out (Short Circuit), the delicate hardware components inside a computer.
Wear an ESD wrist strap, or prepare to use your all-in-one for an expensive doorstop, if you don't.

Cost averages from $3 to $6. One example,

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103245

[ I connect to an unpainted surface, of the metal frame if an open, empty desktop computer case.
You can also set a large metal serving tray, (Unpainted), on the table you're working on, and connect to it.
Or a large metal knickknack. (Unpainted) ]

Use a multi-compartment container for the various screws you will remove.
Label each compartment for the area the screw/s come out of.

For additional questions please post in a Comment.

Regards,
joecoolvette

the manual can be found here: http://asuseee.free.fr/dl/EZ1601.pdf

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have you tried plugging the screen into another PC? Is the power etc connected and not loose? Is there a power light on the front? If you can connect remotely try changing the resolution to something lower incase the screen cannot handle high res

a hard drive recovery
Restart your computer.
Press F11 repeatedly when the message "Press F11 to start recovery" is displayed.
The recovery will load and display a menu of options
I hope this helps

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Turn the computer off.
Disconnect the AC power cord.
Remove the side-panel that is the greater distance away from where the keyboard-cable connects.
You may also need to remove the other side-panel.
Disconnect the disk-drive from the "data" and "power" cables.
Undo the screws (on both sides) that hold the disk-drive in its place.
Slide-out the disk-drive.
Take it to a computer-store, so that can sell you a "compatible" disk-drive
(same type of data/power connectors).
Slide-in the new disk-drive.
Connect the data/power cables.
Replace the side-panels.
Connect the AC power.
Turn it on, and insert the Windows "System Restore" CD/DVD.
Force the computer to boot from the CD/DVD.
Reinstall Windows.
Run Windows Update a bunch of times (there are a *LOT* of security-updates for Windows XP since it was first released, about 10 years ago).

Go to the Crucial site. They make memory and their site will scan your PC, then tell you how much memory it will take.
From there, it will also give you an idea of how to open your PC to install the new or additional memory.
www.crucial.com

Good luck,
-a.

Having setup several POs terminals they all seem to support the default printer attached to the PC I set up a couple with epson 40 line dot matrix printers and monarch thermal printers as well as secondry laser printers and full tracking dot matrix for reports all conected to the same terminal

some machines are sealed. may be this happen in your case.so please do not do it yourself because if it is in warranty your warranty may void and may be you make condition worse.just take assistance of any expert