MBP Refuses to boot from Install CD/TTP etc.

I need to repair a couple of disk issues that my MBP has. Unfortunately, every time I try to boot from the Install CD or TechTool Pro CD it spits it out after a round 30 seconds. I can't create an eDrive with TTP because the source volume has an issue, so I can't repair the machine. I'm stuck in a loop. Restarting holding C doesn't work, restarting selecting the CD as the startup disk also doe snot work, neither does running the install app on the OSX Install CD that came with it and allowing it to restart.
This machine has been a dog from day one - So many problems. I hate to think that now I have to take it back AGAIN to get a new Superdrive. I did notice very poor playback and patchy recognition of a couple of DVD's I got the other day - May point to a bad drive?

Well, it looks like it just started working! I post on here, and it fixed it! Bizarre.... Just kept trying. I think I'll get it checked out all the same - It should be doing it consistently, not requiring endless restarts.

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    This is a copy of the top section (which seems like it might be the most significant). If you want to see the rest, I'll gladly post it as well:
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    Path: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Version Cue CS3/Server/bin/VersionCueCS3Status.app/Contents/MacOS/VersionCueCS3Status
    Identifier: VersionCueCS3Status
    Version: ??? (???)
    Code Type: X86 (Native)
    Parent Process: launchd [1]
    Date/Time: 2008-09-10 20:41:58.527 -0500
    OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.4 (9E17)
    Report Version: 6
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