Siren Like Noise from SuperDrive with Windows Disc??

Hi, I was attempting to install a program from pinnacle for my Dazzle, but when I inserted the disc my drive made a very strange sound. At first I thought it was coming out of the speakers. It would not let me eject immediately. I tried on Mac and same thing happened, so it was not a driver issue. Surprisingly a DVD ran fine. The disc I was using was not cosmetically damaged.
Not a big deal but very odd:
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it is difficult to hear, I used my iPhone

That does not sound normal at all. The SuperDrives on both my BlackBook and first gen G5 iMac are a little louder than in my PCs, but there is no grating or scratching sound at all.
Are the disks scratched in any way? If so, definately take it in to Apple as there is something wrong. I would probably take it in anyway as I would hate for a disk to get scratched or stuck in there.

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