Mac went blitz while installing Tiger-please help!

I bought a Tiger OS X software cd off of Ebay. It is a grey cd that arrived in pristine condition, without scrathes, etc. According to the seller, it came from a mac training center. I am a mac rookie, and I know very little about macs. My only reason for upgrading was to be able to use the new ipod nano, which requires 10.4.8. I put the install cd into the computer, choose the language, clicked on the "install" button and a screen came up saying that the disk was dirty and the program could not install. I tried to take the cd out, however I could not. The only option I has was to restart the computer, which I did, but still, I could not take out the cd. Eventually the screen went completely grey with a small box in the middle, then it went blitz and showed jumbled typing in white letters with the same grey screen in the background. Does anyone know what I can do to fix this??? I appreciate any help. Thank you!!!

You probably need to format the drive and then install.
Have you backed up your data?
The other option is Disk Warrior, which everyone should own to keep the drive in good shape. http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/
Apple Utilities are OK, but DW's are superior.

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