Can I rinstall leopard in my Macbook from My macbook DVD?

I got 11-months old macbook and I got new macbook last week. I want to sell my macbook so I tried to reinstall everything and I am struck.
When i tried ti install from original disc, first disc went upto 90%, then stopped with error message. It was something about Epson driver which were not found. I never used this printer.
Then I tried to install with my new macbook Pro DVD and it says it cannot installed in this disc.
Do i need to reformat the disc?
Help me pls.

Ajay Garg wrote:
I got 11-months old macbook and I got new macbook last week. I want to sell my macbook so I tried to reinstall everything and I am struck.
When i tried ti install from original disc, first disc went upto 90%, then stopped with error message. It was something about Epson driver which were not found. I never used this printer.
If you did an erase and install you should not have gotten that message. You must have tried an archive and install which you don't want to do if you are selling it.
You might want to do a full erase first with disk utility including the free space.
Then I tried to install with my new macbook Pro DVD and it says it cannot installed in this disc.
That won't work. Disks are keyed to computers these days.
Do i need to reformat the disc?
Help me pls.
I think you need to do an erase and install.

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