Need to restart from OS X CD

I need to reboot from OS X disk but optical drive not reading disks. Can you tell me best way to go about this?
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Hi, ycartlee, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
After you start up normally from your internal hard drive (not the OS installer CD/DVD), can your optical drive read the installer CD/DVD when you insert it? Does the drive read any other CDs or DVDs?
If the drive has trouble with most or all discs but seems to be trying to read them, you may want to try a drive cleaning kit (available at any DVD movie rental shop). If it only has trouble with one or a few discs, those discs themselves are probably dirty or damaged. If the drive seems totally inert (no sounds, won't pull in or eject discs), the drive is dead or has become disconnected from your computer's logic board.

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0x25983448 : 0x19b3a4 (0x25983460 0x1 0x25983478 0x6) \
0x25983508 : 0x74218b (0x2407c004 0xb 0x0 0x731f0a) \
0x25983538 : 0x740600 (0x2407c004 0x25983570 0x0 0x1a3736) \
0x25983818 : 0x73481a (0x0 0x600d600d 0x7022 0x25983848) \
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0x259839c8 : 0x72f402 (0x240a4000 0x0 0x25983ad2 0x80) \
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0x25983d48 : 0x18d6fd (0x4aedc00 0x3fce950 0x0 0x0) \
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dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.2)@0x5fa000\
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.4.8)@0x704000\
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.4.8)@0x71f000\
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.4.8)@0x71f000\
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.2)@0x5fa000\
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.4.8)@0x704000\
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.4.8)@0x704000\
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.2)@0x5fa000\
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Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.1: Wed Oct 10 18:23:28 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.25.20~1/RELEASE_I386\
Model: MacBookPro3,1, BootROM MBP31.0070.B07, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz, 2 GB\
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Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz\
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM1, 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz\
AirPort: spairportwireless_card_type_airportextreme (0x168C, 0x87), 1.4.4\
Bluetooth: Version 1.9.5f4, 2 service, 1 devices, 1 incoming serial ports\
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1\
PCI Card: pci168c,24, sppci_othernetwork, PCI Slot 5\
Serial ATA Device: FUJITSU MHW2160BHPL, 149.05 GB\
Parallel ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-85J\
USB Device: Built-in iSight, Apple Inc., Up to 480 Mb/sec, 500 mA\
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, Apple Computer, Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA\
USB Device: IR Receiver, Apple Computer, Inc., Up to 1.5 Mb/sec, 500 mA\
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, Apple, Inc., Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA\
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