Snow Leopard not installing over Leopard

Since Leopard isn't doing any software updates, I decided to install 4BG Ram and then I found a local computer store that still had Snow Leopard to sell.  (Lucked out there!)  The ram installed successfully but, when I put the Snow Leopard disk in, it won't install.  It let me go through the steps to set it up and, when I click "Install", it just sits there.  The progress bar doesn't move and the time remaining stays at 45 minutes.  The computer sits quietly.  I left it that way for an hour just in case, but, nothing.  Any tips?  I called the store and they said my optical drive might not be reading the disk.  I can't bring my computer in because I take city transportation and have to walk quite a ways.  Any help offered would be appreciated!
I haven't had ANY problems with Leopard at all.  I'm just upgrading to Snow Leopard so I can then upgrade to Mountain Lion.

Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)

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