BIOS will NOT recognize CD/DVD

I am trying to restore a Satellite A105 with the Recovery and Applications CD, but it just isn't working.
The CD/DVD drive is working fine in windows. The recovery CD will run and I can go through the system restore prompts up until it restarts the device. However, it will simply boot back via the HDD.
I've gone into the BIOS (CD-ROM-LAN-HDD-FDD) and set it to every boot combination that puts the CD before the HDD and saved it. Nothing. The BIOS will retain these settings the next time around, so that doesn't seem to be the issue. I've tried accessing the icons on the Toshiba startup screen via F12 and selecting the CD icon. The same thing happens. The computer will restart, pause very slightly and proceed to boot from the HD again. I've tried to restart with the recovery CD while holding down C. Same thing.
As I said, the drive works fine in windows. The boot CD works as well (it spins for a while before starting but then runs fine). However, in the BIOS it just doesn't seem to be recognized.
Can someone please help me resolve this issue?

Thank you for your help. I tried to reset the BIOS to default settings, however this did not work.
Incidentally, default BIOS settings have the HDD before the CD-ROM. The Restore CD will reset it back to CD first, but to be safe I also tried manually putting it back to CD first after applying the default BIOS settings. Still no luck with that.
As far as removing the power cable connected to the CD-ROM, how would I go about doing this? I would be worried about doing anything hardware related without very specific instructions. The laptop is a Satellite A105.
With the power cable connected to the CD-ROM removed, will the CD still function and be detected?

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