Disk drive no longer opens on PowerPC G4

was trying to "wipe" it, as getting ready to recycle. did i erase something I shouldn't have? now i can't start it from cd, or any other way.

First line indicates that Disc will not work on your Mac, you have one of these...
Mac Server G4 733 (Quicksilver) PowerMac3,5 1 Mac Server G4 800 DP (Quicksilver) PowerMac3,5 1 Mac Server G4 933 (QS 2002) PowerMac3,5 1 Mac Server G4 1.0 DP (QS 2002) PowerMac3,5
And if you're up for a challenge, might try this if you do not have the original Discs...
http://lowendmac.com/osx/leopard/openfirmware.html

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2015-01-21 10:49:18.671 iPhoto Library Manager 4.1.11; iPhoto 9.6; OS X 10.10.1; unregistered
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