Why won't my MacBook on OS 10.5.8 accept the software disk?

I have a MacBook that runs 10.5.8. I'd like to do Disk Repair, but when I insert the software CD to use as the startup disk, it hums and spins a bit and then ejects, never appearing on the desktop. When I attempt a network-based restart as an alternative, nothing happens. Any ideas on how I can engage a secondary startup disk so I can do Disk Repair? Thanks.

You can open Disk Utility and Verify, but not Repair, your hard drive. If you run Verify, does it show that repairs need to be made?
As an alternative, boot in Safe Mode? See What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? (Mac OS X)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107392 Takes a while to run, but it usually "fixes" problems.
Safe Boot takes longer than normal startup
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1884?viewlocale=en_US
 Cheers, Tom

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