Installing Mac osx retail on machine with no os? HELP

Hey everyone, new here but not new to apple products. Love the iPhone, but i just recently got a MacBook off craigslist. I also acedentally erased the hard drive. Lucky for me I have a backup cd, but when I put it in the machine it doesn't read it and a folder with a question mark comes up. I also have osx 10.6 retail on a flash drive. Anyone know how I can get this to install?

Put the CD in the drive, restart you computer then hold the C key. This will boot up from the CD.

Good luck!

- Kyle

And of course you do mean a retail version of the DVD when you say 'backup cd' and not some pirated or copied disc?

I tried that and it didn't work, anyway I can boot from a usb?

Randomtask said:

I also have osx 10.6 retail on a flash drive. Anyone know how I can get this to install?

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What color is the DVD you tried to use...gray or black?

Where did the 10.6 on the flash drive come from?

- Nick

The disk is black with a big X on it. The 10.6 was created by my friend as a backup of the disk I have, since we havn't been able to get the disk to work.