Help to reinstall OS X afetar hard drive replacement

Hello.
I have a Mac book pro 17" model A1297. I have no recovery media, and his hard drive is bad. Several times it doesn't startup properly.
I have a brand new 500gb HDD, and I can replace the original HDD.
I need help to reinstall OS X, because as said, I have no DVD or pen drive with OS X instalator.
thank you so much.

Your original OS X version was 10.5.6. You need to do one of two things:
Contact Apple and order replacement DVDs for your model, if they have them available.
Purchase the Snow Leopard DVD so you can install it on the computer.
For replacements:
Apple Store Customer Service at 1-800-676-2775 or visit online Help for more information.
To contact product and tech support: Contacting Apple for support and service - this includes
international calling numbers..
For the Snow Leopard DVD:
You can purchase Snow Leopard through the Apple Store: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Apple Store (U.S.). The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will be sent physical media by mail after placing your order.
After you install Snow Leopard you will have to download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 to update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and give you access to the App Store.
Once you receive the required discs you will need to prepare the new hard drive then install OS X:
Clean Install of Snow Leopard
     1. Boot the computer using the Snow Leopard or Tiger Installer Disc or the Disc 1 that came
         with your computer. Insert the disc into the optical drive and restart the computer.
         After the chime press and hold down the "C" key. Release the key when you see
         a small spinning gear appear below the dark gray Apple logo.
     2. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue
         button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
         After DU loads select the hard drive entry from the left side list (mfgr.'s ID and drive
         size.) Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window. Set the number of
         partitions to one (1) from the Partitions drop down menu, click on Options button
         and select GUID, click on OK, then set the format type to MacOS Extended
         (Journaled, if supported), then click on the Apply button.
     3. When the formatting has completed quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed
         with the OS X installation and follow the directions included with the installer.
     4. When the installation has completed your computer will Restart into the Setup
         Assistant. Be sure you configure your initial admin account with the exact same
         username and password that you used on your old drive. After you finish Setup
         Assistant will complete the installation after which you will be running a fresh
         install of OS X. You can now begin the update process by opening Software
         Update and installing all recommended updates to bring your installation current.
For Snow Leopard or Tiger you should open Software Update in order to install any additional required updates.

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