The system drive won't stay unlocked

When attempting to use the OSX Snow Leopard install disk for the repair tools I press and hold the C key and unfortunately the disk ejects.????!!!! I looked at the "Get Info" data and noticed that all of the drives including the system drive are locked. So I unlocked the system drive and rebooted with the Snow Leopard Install Disk, held down the C key and again the disc ejected. I looked at the "Get Info" data and the drive had relocked itself again. What do I need to do to keep the drive unlocked. I won't be able to access the Install Disc and repair the drive with the advanced tools unless I can get and keep the drive unlock for read and write purposes. I might be wrong about the access problem and maybe the Install Disc is ejecting for some other reason but I still need to be able to unlock the drives for read and write purposes and after I "restarted" with the Install Disc the drive had relocked itself. What gives...????

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