MacBook Pro 15 inch 2007 Model,No system

Hello guys!
I've got an MacBook Pro 15 inch 2007 model, and i totally formated the hard drive on a normal laptop with windows system ( without making a backup before ) and now when i start the MacBook with the new formated hard drive in,says me to insert a bootable drive... The problem is that i don't have anymore the original cd of Mac Os to reinstall it,and now i don't know what really to do. How can i install the mac os x 10.4.11 or 10.4.9 again without a cd ? with an external hard drive maybe but how ? Please help !

10.2 will not work with any MacBook Pro.
10.6 retail looks like:
And is only available through certain stores through the EU via a link such as:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
using the correct two letter code in place of us:
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/open/country_selector
http://www.apple.com/usergroups/
may help you find a group of Apple users who travel who could bring you back the right disc.
I have already looked up Greece, and unfortunately they don't have an Apple Store to buy it from.

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