Stuck forever on windows 7

well i was lent a macbook black 2007 running osx so i went on bootcamp and i had a disk for windows 7 so i put it in and it wouldnt let me use it so i stupidly clicked on clean my pc and i dint realize it would wipe everything off the computer so the software for mac was deleted and i am stuck on windows and i have not told the owner yet. so im trying to find out if there is a way to download the software off my imac and put it on a usb stick and install mac osx again and use it normaly again whithout me worreing about the owner asking for it back please help or give me a link to download the software for free that would be much helpful

Since you do not have the original OS X installation disk you will need to purchase a retail DVD. OS X 10.6 is available directly from Apple for around $20 US. SEE link.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard

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