Superdrive does not work and need to install restore OS disc?

[dg45]

i have a 15in powerbook titanium g4.
My hard drive died 2 weeks ago.
So i just install a new hard drive and i forgot my superdrive does not work.
all it does is take the restore disk and spits it back out.

how can i install the mac OS on the hard drive without my superdrive working?

i have somewhere a old usb external cdrom but i dont know if i can find or if it will run/work.
If i find and my external will work, Can i use that to install my OS restore disc and it will reconize it and run/install?

is there any other ways?

please help.
i need my mac back

 

[TJRiver]

Hopefully you can get your hands upon another Mac with a firewire port and working optical drive. If so, Firewire Target Disk Mode will be your new best friend!

 

[zephead]

You could use another Mac to remote install OS X onto your PowerBook, as long as that Mac (the other one, not your PB) has Leopard (10.5) installed. "Remote Install Mac OS X.app" is in the /Applications/Utilities folder.