Mac Os X86 does not restart from systemdisk

I am having some problems with my system installation and my disk utilities recommend I take a backup and reinstall the system. Having put in the mac os x86 dvd, pushed the install/restart option on the dvd menu, the system restarts as usual, but when I hold the C button to start the dvd the screen turns black, with a white blinking _ in the top left corner, and everything stops. If I try restarting holding down the "alt" key, the menu shows my mac os x86 dvd as a windows disk, and if I push it, the same black screen as mentioned earlier appears. I have tried reading about this on the net but I not found any identical situations yet.
Please help me, Im sitting her with a super slow macbook 2ghz with 2gb ram.. something is very irritating about that. How can I format and reinstall my system!!

Copying the operating system is ILLEGAL. Please get the original copy. If you lost the original copy that came with your system, call AppleCare to request a replacement copy. Here's the place to call AppleCare http://www.apple.com/contact/phone_contacts.html
If you got the machine second hand, contact the person you got the machine from and ask them for the original disks. If they don't have them, they need to contact AppleCare and then send them to you. Only the current owner of the machine is legally allowed to have those disks, and only those disks will boot a MacBook except system utility disks which do not have an installable operating system such as Disk Warrior and Techtool Pro.
No one here can help you, as they'd be breaking the law in assisting you to use the copy of the operating system. Please read the terms of use on the right, especially the section:
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