Want to upgrade hard drive and install SL

Hi
I own a 4 year old Macbook Pro with Leopard (15", A1211, 2.33 Intel Core 2 Duo). I want to upgrade the hard drive. I am planning on just removing the old one, and placing the new hard drive into it. Then buy a Snow Leopard ($29) and install it.
Is that possible? or I need to install Leopard (I own the DVD, the $129, my MBP came with Tiger) and then upgrade to SL?
I also am not sure if my DVD drive of MBP is working. It rejects any CD or DVD inserted into it. So, can I used an external DVD drive (USB connected) for installing the SL?
Do I need to take any other precautions? I have a Time Machine backup of almost everything on my HDD.

You can install Snow Leopard from the $29.95 version.
As for the optical drive not working, I'd get that fixed first. It may be due to the clock battery beginning to age, or dirt or dust in the drive, or damage to the drive. Not all external DVD drives work. The ones from http://www.macsales.com/ do. Bring it in to a service center to make sure the Clock battery isn't beginning to go. That typically happens after 4 years.
Before installing anything new, backup your data at least twice*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
And then follow these steps to upgrade*:
http://www.macmaps.com/upgradefaq.html
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

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