Sims 2 double deluxe installation?help please...?

so yeah, i have the sims 2 double deluxe since October of 2008, and the first time i installed it , it worked perfectly..but recently, i had my laptop reformatted, so obviously it was uninstalled.. now im trying to reinstall it again but it doesn't work :(.. whenever i put the disc on the dvd-drive it makes this weird cracking sound..it doesn't read it at all, nothing shows up on the DVD drive and nothing pops-out for installation.. i even bought a new CD cause i umed that my previous cd was broken bec. of scratch or whatever..but still nothing happens..and whenever i try putting other cds (such as expansion packs, i have the pets and open for business) my dvd drive can read them! so now i don't really now if my dvd drive has the prob or it can't really read the sims2 dd.. can someone help me pleaaseeeee???? i really miss playing the sims2! if anyone can help me i will really appreciate it..thanks in advance,,