Can't get snow leopard disk to work, can I put it on a thumb drive

I just replaced the power supply in my 2006 iMac. I need to update my operating system to Snow Leopard and have the disk, but I can't get the disk to work. It is brand new. Can I somehow make a copy of the disk, on another computer, and put it on a thumb drive? I'm grasping at straws here.
Thanks,
Thia

Hi, yes you can, either in Disk Utility on a Mac... make a DMG of that Install Disk, the use DU to Restore that DMG to a big enough flash drive, or...
Carbon Copy Cloner...
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

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Make sure your Mac meets Snow Leopard's v10.6 minimum requirements here before purchasing.

So why can't I get snow leopard to work?

early 2008 mac pro.
32 GB ram test fine.
1.5 TB drive runs leopard-no problems.
have installed snow leopard on a blank drive and after about 4 hours, i get the black box shutdown error message. cloned existing drive into a new hitachi drive, shuts down after about 4 hours.
thought it might be the APC, replaced it, still shutting down. (got APC beeping on start up and overuse)
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Hi Sam,
Sorry about the problems you are having. You and I have the same system except the video card, therefore I can say with certainty that you should be able to run OS 10.6.4 at least.
I have not been able to get OS 10.6.5 to work at all though. The system hangs at the grey apple load screen for me every time. I have been in contact with Apple, who says no one else is having problems running this OS on our systems. They also advocate erasing and reformatting the hard drive and installing the OS. I am not certain how that would be different from installing it on a brand new hard drive, fresh out of the box, as wehave both tried without success.
I have one suggestion for you that I have not had time to try yet myself. Try removing all but one hard drive from the case (make sure the one remaining is in the first bay). Then try installing the OS and see if it works. This suggestion worked for me when I was trying, unsuccessfully, to install Boot Camp on a drive and it worked.
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Yes it is the right Disc...
2Z691-6040-A (OEM) Drop-in DVD...
System Requirements  Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor. User must already have 10.4 or above to install this 10.5 upgrade.
Compatibility  eMac (2005), iBook G4 (Mid 2005), iMac G5 17-inch (ALS), iMac G5 20-inch (ALS), iMac G5 (17-inch iSight), iMac G5 (20-inch iSight), iMac (Early 2006 17-inch), iMac (Early 2006 20-inch), iMac (Mid 2006 17-inch), iMac (17-inch Late 2006 CD), iMac (17-inch Late 2006), iMac (20-inch Late 2006), iMac (24-inch Late 2006), iMac (20-inch Mid 2007), iMac (24-inch Mid 2007), Mac mini, Mac mini (Late 2005), Mac mini (Early 2006), Mac mini (Late 2006), Mac mini (Mid 2007), Mac Pro, Mac Pro (8-core), MacBook (13-inch), MacBook (13-inch Late 2006), MacBook (13-inch Mid 2007), MacBook (13-inch Late 2007), MacBook (13-inch Early 2008), MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, MacBook Pro (17-inch), MacBook Pro (15-inch Glossy), MacBook Pro (15-inch Core 2 Duo), MacBook Pro (17-inch Core 2 Duo), MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2GHz), MacBook Pro (17-inch 2.4GHz), MacBook Pro (Early 2008), Power Mac G5 (Early 2005), Power Mac G5 (Late 2005), PowerBook G4 (15-inch Double-Layer SD), PowerBook G4 (17-inch Double-Layer SD), Xserve (Late 2006)
http://www.welovemacs.com/2z6916040a.html
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If your Mac meets these requirements:
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP575
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http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
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http://support.apple.com/kb/SP575
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http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
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