I have an issue with my Macbook 13"

Hello. I have recently replaced the hard drive in my Macbook 13" (Mid-2009 Model), and it currently does not have an OS on it. I had purchased OS X Lion from the appstore on my iMac, and made a bootable USB with it, and when I booted it in my mac (Held Alt Key) and after it booted, I had a "not allowed" sign. After that failed, I tried my Original Snow Leopard Install DVD, which also failed with the same reason. I am a bit confused on what I should do, and if there is any way to get it working again. Thanks.

New drives must be prepped for OS X:
Drive Partition and Format
1. Boot from your OS X Installer Disc. 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.
If you are preparing an external or a non-startup drive, then open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Apply button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.

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