MacBook Pro does not Boot from the DVD

If I want to boot from the DVD Insatll and "C" button, then you can hear noises as though it accesses the DVD but there is a gray background with the Apple logo and a spinning circle. I do so not in the Mac operating system but only in Windows.
Please help

"I do so not in the Mac operating system but only in Windows."

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