Can Tiger install DVD "fix" Lion Drive?

i seem to be running into an issue i don't understand and i am not sure if this is a user created problem of what is going on.
i have a mac pro with 4 disks in it. i have MOVED the home folder to my "Data" disk because i like the idea of storing data on one drive and the OS on another. i run multiple backups including two internal backups of each of the drives listed below.
right now the DATA DRIVE is showing as needing repair but i cannot seem to find a way to repair it.
i cannot boot from the install disks (they seem to be Tiger install disks) so i tried just putting them into the machine but when i click on a "read me app" it says it is a Power PC app and i can't run it.
if i PULL the bad disk and put in a new one - with the idea to clone the data back to the disk from internal clone i can't boot up. if i MOVE the CLONED Data Disk to the slot of the original Data Drive and put a new disk in the CLONED disk spot - with the idea to trick the computer into booting so i can CLONE the clone back to the CLONED disks original location (whew!) i cannot boot.
now i am thinking to actually pull the Data Drive altogether and try to restart.
OR possibly i can POINT the computer to the HOME FOLDER on the CLONE and pull the DATA DRIVE and see if i can boot this way?
anyway, anyone know why i cannot boot from the DVD's? i guess this is an issue of my current OS not being compatible in some way with the DVD OS??

ok. will do.
any insight on this part below just for my own peace of mind? i mean, i can see something coming into play here but - well i guess if i don't have the /original/ drive (in bay 3) that the home folder resides upon in the exact same bay that it is looking for then this may come into play even though i am technically booting off a drive that still exists (the drive in bay 3)? i find this a little confusing especially if i have a clone on the same kind of drive and i put this cloned drive in the bay where the bad drive was.
"...but may prevent you from logging into the computer."
also can i please ask if you think i could set the home folder to the CLONE of the drive in bay 3 (the drive in bay 4) and boot into that to repair the drive in bay 3? or at this point just best to bring it into the mac store??

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