An unclassifiable problem from a newbie who's not that stupid

Running on vista home premium I have a problem with cds, some work and some don't However all dvds and dvd roms work . Ones that dont Harry potter and the philosophers stone pc cd rom 7 years old and also zoo tycoon 2 new and simpsons hit and run. The problem is when inserted into the drive and trying to run setup exe the computer freezes as the lense goes back and forwards many times until you eject the cd. All of these cds work on xp so I used windows virtual pc running xp on it and tried the cds however I just had the same problem so then I deleted the correct system regstrys according to microsoft and still nothing then I re installed the drivers for the drive and looked for any software updates none.... still no success I have tried overeating I can think of...

But thanks for any replys and Hi

Pioneer 8x DVDRW Slimline DVR-K17B
Max. 8X writing speed for DVD-R / +R
Max. 4X writing speed for DVD-R DL / +R DL (Dual / Double Layer)
Max. 5X writing speed for DVD-RAM
Max. 24X writing speed for CD-R / CD-RW
Low Power Consumption (4.5W during DVD-ROM 8X reading)
Supports "Buffer Under Run" protection (CD & DVD)
Data Buffer Size: 2MB
ATAPI Interface: SFF8020, SFF-8090 Ver5
IDE Data Transfer Mode: PIO Mode4, Multi Word DMA Mode2, Ultra DMA Mode2
on a hp dv6000 laptop 1.9 ghz Amd x2