Can MacBook Pro be booted from iMac

My 2008 15 inch MBP hard drive died
I verified it by putting it in one of external drive holders and that will not read it either. it has been making noise for a while. Back up every week so I am ok.
The replacement HD is already formatted for this computer as I use as an external already.
The screen flashes ?  or if I press Option it just stays gray with curser working
Tried other HD's
Checked for cables I may have removed but it is an easy job.
I don't have Disks can I boot from my iMac?
Thanks

Hello jimicocobop,
To get your MacBook Pro to have an operating system installed you will want to create a Recovery Disk Assistant with a external drive or USB stick. Take a look at the article below to walk you through getting that set up through your iMac so you can then get you MacBook Pro up an running again. 
OS X: About Recovery Disk Assistant
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202294
Regards,
-Norm G. 

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