Format macbook pro 10.5

Hi guys,
I want to sell my Macbook Pro Mid-2009, that came with Mac OS X 10.5. Now it has Snow Leapord on it, which I bought and i have the disc. Is it possible to format it and then reinstall it to default factory settings (so with OS 10.5 again or use the snow leapord cd) without any factory CD ? Will it work ? and then
I mean i dont have factory cds, but i have original snow leapord CD. how can i use snow leapord
Please advice
Thank you very much !

You first need to order the orginal discs that came with your MacBook Pro - calling the Apple toll free number at the bottom of the page (make certain that you have yoru serial number handy).
Boot from disc 1 of your 'original' discs and erase your hard drive and install the original OS. You should also use disc 2 to install the original applications (including iLife) that came with your Mac.
Now your MacBook Pro is ready for the buyer.
Good luck,
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That guy said that he replaced the hard drive cable (the one that connects the drive to the logic board) and everything worked fine.
It seems to be some type of firmware issue. And now that I think about it, I had a client machine with a similar problem at one point. We ended up sending the machine to Apple (it was still under AppleCare) and they did in fact replace the hard drive cable due to "firmware issues."
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3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
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For situations Disk Utility cannot handle the best third-party utility is Disk Warrior; DW only fixes problems with the disk directory, but most disk problems are caused by directory corruption; Disk Warrior 4.x is now Intel Mac compatible.
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Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore.
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