Imac 10.5 windows XP disk just ejects

Giving up on getting Windows to work on my Mac. Tried VM Fusion and couldn't get install. Now with just Bootcamp I can do the partition (have removed and redone it several times) but when I put in my Windows disk it just grinds a while and spits out and I get the message "The installer disc could not be found." I am on 10.5.x on an IMac, plenty of disk space, install is Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2. Any ideas?
Margaret

Well, I'm getting "closer" but still not working. The XP disk I was using was brand new out of a sealed package. I finally decided to use my PC to copy it and in Bootcamp it restarted and allegedly installed Windows XP but at the end it did not open Windows and instead reverted to a black page with "Press any key to boot from CD. Disk Error. Press any key to restart."   BUT nothing restarted it. I had to shut down, hold down option and open it in Mac OS to eject the disk. No matter what if I choose the windows disk or windows disk icon I get the same black page and message and it's stuck in that mode. I am now going to try to reinstall VM Fusion and see where I get with it. I'm just overwhelmed by this that everyone says should be so easy and it's not like I'm not fairly computer savvy.
Thanks for the message. Part of the problem was apparently the disk itself so maybe VM will work with it. I did have VM Box working fine but never could get my printers to work with it so uninstalled it and thought I'd try some different routes.

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