Installing a new hard drive on my Macbook

My Intel Core 2 Duo Macbook shipped with Tiger in 2007. When Leopard came out, some friends and I bought a family pack together, to reduce the cost of upgrading. I was not the original purchaser, so I do not have a copy of a Leopard install disc (just Tiger).
I'm looking to personally install a bigger hard drive. Is there a way of doing this without losing my copy of Leopard?

3rdgennanosucks wrote:
I didn't ask what Apple intends the Family Pack to be used for by its customers.
So you didn't read *About the Family Pack* on the sales page (same text as Snow Leopard): http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC574Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDAzOA&mco=MTc0Njk4OTE
Or the license you agreed to when you installed it? You really thought you and some of your friends were a "family"?
You purchased software under false pretenses, but seriously claim it was just ignorance?
If you weren't going to provide a helpful answer, why bother responding?
I did:
+"You will need an Install disc for the major version of OSX you're running, to do various things if you have problems.+
+Either buy a Leopard disc or upgrade to Snow Leopard ($29)."+

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It means there is no bootable system on the drive. If you still have access to the old drive, then I suggest you boot from it then clone it to the new internal drive. Use OPTION boot to boot from the Recovery HD on the old drive:
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
     1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu then press the Continue
         button.
     2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
     3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
     4. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it
         to the Destination entry field.
     5. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to
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     6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
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Hi Stacey,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
You may find the tips in this article helpful with resolving the error you're seeing:
iTunes Store: "An unknown error occurred (-9808)"
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2753
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Jeremy

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jrmetzger,
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Hello.
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Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
     1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu then press the Continue
         button.
     2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
     3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
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         the Source entry field.
     6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
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