Equium M50 cannot read recovery disc

I have a fairly old Toshiba Equium M50 - 164. I have lost some setup files etc and wish to rest to factory settings.
I have the recovery disc, however, the drive doesn't read it. I have tried other discs and they won't read either.
Any suggestions? Thanks

>Can I copy stuff from the disc onto a flash drive and load that?
This will not work.
I recommend you to buy new drive. You can also buy used one on eBay. It is not expensive and you can exchange it alone.

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