Tiger won't reinstall on machine already running tiger

Hello all,
I'm trying to reinstall tiger on my old laptop (to erase everything and clean it up for someone else). When I put in the installation disk it says that it 'cannot be installed on this machine'. Since the machine is already running tiger, this seems odd. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

To know more about the computer in question and the software installer said
to be used in this matter, does make a considerable difference in the outcome.
An installer disc set that was originally shipped with one computer won't work
in another different model; so that is why the questions grow like weeds when
you ask a question, instead of just getting what may seem to be a simple reply.
For example, your MacBook's discs won't work to install Tiger 10.4 in an iBook,
even if both shipped with Tiger 10.4. There are other similar examples. If the
correct discs to install an OS X into the computer you are working on are not
the original discs included with it, you'd need to have them or a retail install disc.
And the correct installer DVD (unless an older CD-based installer disc) would
be inserted into the computer, and it restarted while holding the C key down;
and then the Installer would boot the computer, not the old OS on the Mac.
An incorrect disc usually gives a warning message of being unable to work.
Good luck & happy computing!

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