Can't boot from Snow Leopard DVD

Question

I bought a new hard drive for my 2011 MacBook Pro and did the following steps:

• Backup using Time Machine
• Replaced the hard drive
• Put in a Snow Leopard DVD (10.6 from ~2009)
• Booted holding down the c key

I can hear the DVD spinn for a while but I never get past the Apple logo in the boot, no error message.

Why isn't it working?

Answer 1

Your MacBook Pro requires a more recent version of OS X (A least 10.6.6). Mac OS X versions (builds) for computers on Support.Apple.com