My Vista installation disk simply will not start in my drive. Any ideas?

No autoplay, no booting from the DVD in the bios; no nothing.

What's wrong? Is it just something as simple as a faulty disk drive?

My Vista installation disk simply will not start in my drive. Any ideas?virus removal

Faulty disk drive or faulty disk (it may be scratched) most likely.

If you can, try the disk on a different computer to check it isn't damaged. If it works, buy a CD/DVD drive cleaner. If it doesn't you could try this, it's worked for me once or twice, but not always. Be careful though.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/821408/how...

My Vista installation disk simply will not start in my drive. Any ideas?anti virus protection

Log off.... as soon as you relog, press F11 and re-format

Try that.
Have you checked your BIOS thoroughly? If the BIOS is set up correctly, try another bootable disk, like Ubuntu(linux.org). If this works, your Vista disk is broken. If this CD doesn't start either, your disk drive is smashed. If it's a new computer it could be under warranty. I couldn't make up from your question if you already had an OS installed (e.g. XP). If 'simple' (audio CD's, other software discs) don't work either, you could try to Google for the brand of your CD-drive. If it's a problem that's reoccurring, there may be a Windows Registry fix or whatever.
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