Reinstall OS X 10.5/6 Without CD Drive

So my early (non unibodby) MBP is suffering. The CD drive does not work (Hardware) and the OS is slow (Software(. I have both OS 10.5 and 10.6 CDs with me but for obvious reasons i cant use those directly. Can i use it on another computers (i have a win XP laptop) and some how do something?
Im waiting for the new MBP refresh or MBA refresh before i buy a shiney new Mac.. but till then

You would need another Mac in order to do it.
Then you could follow the instructions for Installing Tiger without a DVD drive.
It should work the same for Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6. (They are DVDs, not CDs.)
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