My desktop (hp Pavilion) is not reading anything from my cd/dvd drive

I was having problem with my desktop (no hardware issue. So I decided to wipe it clean by re-installing the Windows vista. I had my DVD' s so I went ahead and redid the installing, At the end of the installation I got an error message saying there was an error during the installation and I should restart computer and re-install the Windows Vista.
Now the problem is the Cd/DVD drive is not reading the DVD. No I have a computer with no OS and I tried to boot from CD I still get the same error message. I F 10 and went into BIOS and that does not help. Can someone please help me?
I am wondering if my CD/ DVD is dead, but how can that be when I was able to use it to install the DVD.
I used the same DVD on another computer and it worked fine,

I suspect you have the wrong disks. My 1.67GHz G4 came with OS10.4 in June 2005. Unlikely yours would have come with 10.1.2. You can't boot from an OS version lower than what it originally came with, or a disk from another model.

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