Selling 2008 Macbook. What to do to clean harddrive without Installation Disc?

I've got a 2008 Macbook that I wanting to sell. I've upgraded to Snow Leopard on it.
I no longer have the disc for the original Disc nor the Snow Leopard disc.
Is it possible to clean the hard drive so it's ready to sell without the discs?
Thanks,
Dave

davo2011 wrote:
Is it possible to clean the hard drive so it's ready to sell without the discs?
no.

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