Reinstalling OS with a broken DVD-Drive

Hi guys
I got this MacBook from around 2009 with a broken DVD-Drive, and I want to reinstall the OS.
Im not that much into the Mac stuff, since I got the computer from a friend a few days ago.
I got acess to some Windows computers and an external DVD-Drive, but the MacBook can't seem to find the external drive.
How could I reinstall the OS or somehow approach this?

Yes.
Drive Preparation
1.  Boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button.  When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area.  If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing.  SMART info will not be reported  on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID (for Intel Macs) then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
When formatting has completed quit DU and return to the installer.  Complete the OS X installation.

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