HT201376 Nothing happens when pressing Command+R during reboot

I am trying to do a factory reset on my computer, and I have tried at least 30 times to restart and hold down the Command+R Keys and absolutely nothing happens.  I have tried during different intervals during the reboot, and have tried doing it after a shut down and startup.  Nothing happens at all. I have done it at least 15 times when the white screen with the apple pops up.  I have waited for the "wait" symbol to try it.  What am I missing?! Why won't this work? I cannot get to the point where I can erase everything.  When I go in manually through the disk utility, it will not let me erase this way.  Help!

do I need that DVD? or can I upgrade to the newest version, would I then be able use the command R option for bringing up the disk utility partition?
What exactly are you trying to do?
OS X Lion and above includes the addition of a Recovery partition (not a "disk utility partition"). If you had OS X Lion or above, then Command-R would boot the Mac to the Recovery partition. From that partition, you could then run the Disk Utility application.
With 10.6.8, you can boot from the DVD (Hold down the C key while restarting), once done, you could also run the Disk Utility application.
Note: There is no way that we can tell whether you can upgrade from 10.6.8, since you haven't provided any specific information about your Mac other than it is a MacBook.

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