HELP! Drive rejects Install disc and Tiger disc.

I just upgraded my hard drive and the only thing that shows up on my display is a small icon that alternates between the smiling 2 colored face and a question mark inside of a folder. When I insert a disc it seems like the drive will try to read it and then rejects it. Every once in a while a small edge of the disc will be spit out and then go back inside again. I've tried to insert the install disc and the Tiger OS X 10.4 disc with the same results.
HELP!

Do you have a second Mac that you could use? If you put your Mac in Target Disk Mode (Hold T on boot up) then you can connect it to another Mac via Firewire and you can put Tiger back on it.
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Hope this helps
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