System repair/ recovery for Satellite A300

Hello,
I m new to this forum, I ve been reading through prior posts to see if anyone has a solution to my problem but none so far.
I ve had a failure to boot in Win XP yesterday (single OS on my system), where I get the Toshiba screen, then nothing - just a black screen. I had an update for Windows running before this happned, and before that I did perform a backup of all my files - just routine at the time. Power/battery is not a problem. I decided to go into boot options via F2/F12, and looked at my options. Ultimately moving the CD/DVD up and even changing the setting of HDD SATA from AHC to compatibility.
I remove the HDD and connect it to a healthy laptop via connector cable to USB. Looks perfect, no bad sectors or viruses (had an updated NIS on my Toshiba, and Kaspersky on the helper laptop). Anyway I copied my personal files off the HDD to another external HDD, as well as back up files from Toshiba HDD.
The internal DVD/CD player had not been functional for a year or so, and I had been using an external one via USB.
I pop in a recovery disc (which I had from Toshiba):
a- while HDD is in its slot or the second empty slot - no change in situation
b- while HDD is connected to Toshiba laptop via cable/USB: says Windows is loading files (so it seems to be alive) then goes to a DOS like interface where it says:
Waiting for ODD to become available
ODD ready in drive D
Checking media in drive D.....
and just keeps waiting - nothing happens.
I m sorry for the lengthy explanation, but I do think something had gone wrong with the XP Boot after that last update. I do have the recovery disc, but apparently that too is a no-go at this point. I would opt to try and repair XP (booting) first, but if it comes to it I will be ok formating and installing XP from the recovery disc. I m not sure if I have that option given the whole deal of using an external USB DVD player.
help please, I ve been at this for a whole day..
Jonesducklng

Which Satellite A300? There is a label on the bottom.
Are you willing to purchase a replacement ODD?
Do you have a Windows XP installation CD?
I decided to go into boot options via F2/F12, and looked at my options.
Is there a USB option in that boot priority list?
-Jerry

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