My Install Disc Will not Let me Archive and Install

I'm trying to perform an archive and install (my computer is stuck in a log in loop so I can't login under any user), but when I use my Mac OS X install disc to start up my computer it gives me the message "Mac OS X cannot be installed on this computer." If I can't get this to work there's no way for me to log in to this computer. Why is this happening?

aislinn wrote:
The disc starts up the computer, has me pick a language, and then it gives me the message.
I work for a small non-profit and we have two iMacs. They're the same exact versions (we bought them together). So they might be the discs that came with the other iMac, but that shouldn't make a difference if they're the same version computer, should it?
I'm not sure. you should try the other disks. as I said that message is indicative of using the wrong disks.

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