Trying to Revive an old Macbook

If you have access to another Mac from 2007 to 2015, then you may be able to use it to create a bootable macOS 10.11 El Capitan USB installer. The other Mac can currently be running any version of macOS 10.6+. You can confirm the other Mac is compatible with macOS 10.11 El Capitan by using the information in the following article:

https://eshop.macsales.com/guides/Mac_OS_X_Compatibility

Otherwise, you could install Linux Mint onto the laptop. This would give you a current up to date non-Apple OS which has access to the current versions of the popular web browsers (Firefox, Google Chrome, Vivaldi, and others) plus lots of free open source software easily installable from the Linux Mint software repositories. You would need to learn a new OS, but this is a great way of extending the useful life of an older computer, however, Linux is not for everyone. You can use the downloaded Linux Mint .iso file as a source for Etcher (Mac, Windows, Linux) to create the bootable Linux Mint USB stick.

Hi,

Which exact model do you have?

https://everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/?search_keywords=a1286

Please do not post a serial number here.

Also, any information about the disc (operating system) that you have tried?

Thank you for the information.

Using a third-party install disc is not a good idea. Apart from the legality aspect, a burned copy from an unknown source may not be properly recognised (and you never know if it contains malware).

Apple has some general support articles about how to download and install.

How to download and install macOS - Apple Support

Create a bootable installer for macOS - Apple Support

However, since this is relatively difficult matter (and normal recovery solutions cannot be used) for an older Mac like this one, I will ask the moderators to move this discussion to Earlier Operating Systems - Apple Community. Someone there would be able to explain the procedure in detail. Good luck!