Mac os x install wont start

Hello.
I have a a 13" white macbook. The one with the removable battery. 2 g of ddr. Few days ago a blinking folder with a question mark appeared. I could not even go to the recovery mode and the hd would make a clicking noise. So I bought a SSD drive to replace the old one. The problem is the CD player on the macbook is not working anymore. Fortunately I made a couple of month ago a bootable version of mavericks on an hdd. The problem is when I old the option key it shows now 2 options ( install mavericks 10.9 and EFI boot) but when I chose to install the screen stays white and nothing happens. I'm pretty sure the mac is compatible mavericks.
Any idea on what I could do ?
Thank you very much

Check that your computer is compatible with Mountain Lion/Mavericks/Yosemite.
To check the model number hold down the option/alt key, go to the Apple menu and select System Information.
MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) model number 5,1 or higher

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