MacBook 13" 10.6.3 Retail Disk pops out

Hello. I recently picked up a 13" White MacBook. I'm going to assume it originally came with Snow Leopard installed. The passwords to computer were lost and forgotten by the original owner. I tried to use my retail copy of Snow Leopard 10.6.3 to reset passwords or to reinstall Mac OS altogether but the disk just pops out. I loaded a retail copy of Leopard and updated to 10.5.8. The computer works fine but I'd like the OS to be up to date. Unfortunately now I took a step back in Mac OS. Has anyone had this situation presented to them before and if so any pointers?

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