MacBook A1181 got dreaded spinning Progress Indicator after trying to open software upgrades

I just bought a used (2009) MacBook A1181 and cranked it up. It worked perfectly using OS 10.5.8, which was the only thing on the drive. I checked on software upgrades and got the message there were five that needed upgrading (iTunes, OS, etc.). I downloaded, then rebooted to load them. That’s where the problem began. The apple appeared, along with the swirling progress indicator. Unfortunately, the progress indicator has continued to go round and round for hours. I have inserted a Snow Leopard install disk and tried to open that but got the message that the machine won’t accept a Mac OS. I’ve managed to get into Disk Utility and it ran a verification that said the hard drive was OK. Tried resetting the PRAM, safe open, etc. Still spinning and still the OS 10.6.8 disk won’t recognize the HD. Now what? Simplest thing may be to erase the whole disk in Disk Utilities and start over. Right?

Thanks again BDAqua, and sorry for the long delay between reponses. The computer's been out of sight and out of mind for me the past few weeks, but my wife reminded meabiut it this morning.
So I tried the repair disk function within disk utility on the install disc, and everything seemed to be ok. I got a message in green that says "the volume Jeffs OW Mac appears to be ok." And then "Volume repair complete." I also noticed that the capicity of the drive appeared to be 119.69 GB and the available space 119.61 GB, which I guess meant the drive was completely empty but working.
So I tried once again to restore from my time machine backup, and wonder of all wonders, it worked this time! Two hours of restoration later, I'm writing to you now from the restored computer, and my wife is thrilled (and thinks I'm a genius!). So thank you thank you thank you for taking the time to walk me through the steps! I really appreciate it!
But now we're afraid to try again to upgrade to Snow Leopard. Do you think there's any reason trying again would throw the computer into another state of confusion, flux, and ultimately disaster, or should I just give it a shot? It's a 2009 Macbook Pro 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, with 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, running OS X 10.5.8. Perhaps it just can't handle the new software?
All the best, and thanks so much again!
Jeff

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