Restoring factory settings OSX 10.6.3 - MacBook Pro (2010)

Greetings,
I'm having some difficulty restoring the factory settings on my MacBook Pro.
It was shipped with OSX 10.6.3 (I'm pretty sure...). I have misplaced the OSX installation discs that were originally supplied with the computer, but have purchased a replacement from Apple (OSX 10.6).
The problem that I have is that the computer doesn't seem to be able to read the disc! I erased the HD, and followed the steps on this page: OS X: How to erase and install - Apple Support. The disc drive spins up, which is promising, but then it stops and nothing happens! I get stuck on the grey start-up screen.
I have upgraded the RAM to 8GB (using Corsair RAM now from memory, not Apple RAM), but everything else is as supplied from the factory. And I have checked the new disc for dirt and scratches etc. - it appears fine. I've also tested the disc drive using other discs, which it can read with no problems.
I have since done an "internet recovery" so I can use the computer again with OSX 10.9, but I need to recover some data from some files that won't open in the new OS (hence the desire to revert to the factory OS temporarily).
Has anyone had a similar problem before and found a solution?
Thanks in advance,
Wage

Hello again,
Okay, now I have an OSX 10.6.3 installation disc (legitimate copy). I have tried reformatting again and had the same problem - disc drive spins up, stops, and I get stuck on the grey screen with the apple logo, I even left it for over three hours in the hope that it was just taking its time to no avail. I also double checked the version of the OS that I tried previously and it turns out that was 10.6.3 as well!
Have tried calling Apple Support, much to my frustration - yes, it is a legitimate copy of OSX. No thank you, I don't need another disc; I've already got two. Yes, I have tried formatting the computer, twice now. And I have tried google as well, but that hasn't really helped either - it sounds like it should be easy according to everything I've come across on google!
About the only thing that I haven't tried is using another Mac to install 10.6.3 to an external drive as this is my only computer.
I notice that I get a message saying that I "can't use this version of the application "Install Mac OS X.app" with this version of OS X" when I try to open the installer on the new disc through the finder. I presume this is because I have OSX 10.9.5 installed currently, and that it is not linked to the issue that I am having when trying to re-install? The reason I mention this is because one suggestion that Apple Support gave that may have some merit was that I do still have a "recovery partition" on my HD... (Held command + R at startup, and I got all the screens that I was supposed to). Is it possible that this recovery partition has the most recent Install Mac OS X.app stuck on it, even after formatting? Personally I doubt it, but maybe there is something in it...
Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated.
Regards and thanks again,
Wage

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