M115-S3094 Restore without DVD Drive.

Hello,
I have a M115-S3094 laptop and the DVD Drive does not read disc. It does not show to have any problems with the drive in Device Manager. I have tried everything I can find to correct the problem if it is a software issue (Microsoft FIx-It, Reinstall Driver, Update driver, Restore Point, etc.) but no luck. My last resort is to completely restore the computer to factory condition because the computer is in need of restoring anyway. I have the factory restore disc but the problem is the DVD Drive will not read it. I have tried to copy the disk to an external hard drive and run the restore from it but it acts like it will only use the DVD drive for restore. I have also tried all the boot from restore partition (Hold 0 zero then start button until it beeps, Hold F8 at Toshiba start screen) but that does not work either.
Can anyone help me on how I can do a restore on it without using the DVD Drive? I am hoping it will start working after doing a restore but even if it does not that's no big deal. I know the computer is getting old and worn out so if I have to do without the DVD drive that's OK. I just need to be able to do a system restore for the performance of the laptop.
Thanks for any help!

Cornelius, thanks for the hint. It works for me too
During my first attempt I did a mistake. When I read your post I thought my mistake was related to how I used the hardware at my disposal.
In fact I used a PBG4 as a FW-TDM and an intel iMac Alu as a machine to install the OS. That led to the result I described in my previous posts.
Tiger 10.4 was the media installation DVD.
I did the test again. This time I used the iMac as FW-TDM and the PBG4 as the destination.
The Tiger DVD did show up on PBG4 and I could boot from the FW-TDM DVD.
Unfortunately after a couple of minutes the PBG4 hanged.
At that very moment I realized I did a second mistake.
I was using Tiger 10.4 on a machine that was shipped with Tiger 10.4.2.
And also the second test was faulty, because the iMac shipped with Tiger 10.4.10.
Moreover the first release of Tiger being able to run on an intel processor was 10.4.6.
So, for the final test I used Leopard server 10.5.4 and all went as expected.

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what i need to know now is if i can boot the powerbook g4 from a DMG file of tiger install disc 1 and install is to the target ibook through firewire.
You can't unless the PowerBook is running Mac OS X Server, in which case the NetInstall feature can be used.
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How do I install Tiger without DVD drive on a Powerbook?
My Powerbook had some problems recently, the HDD and the Superdrive where gone. I replaced the HD but can not get Tiger installed here because the DVD drive isn't working. I boot right now from a FW HD. Any Ideas how to install the OS on the internal drive?
Any ideas would be apreciated.

See Option 2 in
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304129> or Option 1 in
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303028>
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I just tried it between a Power Mac G5 and a PowerBook G3 (Pismo) and it worked. The G5 was Mac in Firewire Target Disk Mode. I started the G5 with the T with no DVD in the drive. I started up the G3, and the G5's hard drive appeared on the G3's desktop. I pushed the eject key (on the G5 keyboard) and the SuperDrive opened. I put in a DVD (the Tiger installation disk) and closed the SuperDrive. The DVD appeared on the G3's desktop. I restarted the G3 with the Option key held down, and the DVD in the G5 appeared as a valid startup choice."

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Hello all!
I need your advice and help!
Today I finally added more RAM to my iMac and proceeded to upgrade to OSX. I bought v10.4.3 Tiger at a retail location. Nothing happens after I inserted the installation DVD. Then I realised that I probably do not have a DVD drive! (I did look at the system requirement page and saw a slot loading iMac there ...)
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Secondly, your hard drive must be formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for Tiger.
If you open your Apple System Profiler it should tell you if you have a DVD drive. It was an option on your model, especially if you have the DV model.
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http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6976
http://www.applelinks.com/p5/index.php/more/osx_odyssey_752_how_to_installing_tiger_using_firewire_target_diskmode/
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