Lost my osx discs, used my sister's discs, why doesn't it work??

My harddrive on my MacBook crashed recently, and I have now replaced it with a new one. But, I need to install os x, but my discs that came with my computer are gone (I had version 10.4). I borrowed my sister's discs (she have version 10.5.6), but it doesn't work! O don't understand why. I bought my mac in 2007, my sister bought hers a bit later, in 2008. Why can't I use her discs?

Why can't I use her discs?
The discs that come with Mac computers are, "machine specific" meaning they can't be used on another Mac other than the one the came with.
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