doing a fresh install of Lion without the disk?

[beedoola]

I bought my MBP used with no disks. When I installed my new SDD, I just used CCC to clone the OS and content.

I maybe want to do a fresh install to reorient my system.

How can I obtain Lion install? To clarify; I'm not asking for aid to get a cracked copy, rather, I want to know if I as a MBP owner; who currently has Lion on their computer, has the ability to get another legit disk.

Like, can I contact Apple and say; "Hey, Apple. I don't have a Lion OSX disk but I have a MBP with Lion on it. Help me out"

Ehhh?

 

[GGJstudios]

I bought my MBP used with no disks. When I installed my new SDD, I just used CCC to clone the OS and content.

Lion has never been offered for sale on disc. Beginning with Lion, no install discs are provided with new Macs. Use OS X Recovery.

OS X: About OS X Recovery
Apple - OS X Recovery restores your Mac with a few clicks.
Hands on with Mountain Lion's OS X Recovery and Internet Recovery | Macworld

 

[beedoola]

cool, thanks!

 

[Weaselboy]

I bought my MBP used with no disks. When I installed my new SDD, I just used CCC to clone the OS and content.

I maybe want to do a fresh install to reorient my system.

How can I obtain Lion install? To clarify; I'm not asking for aid to get a cracked copy, rather, I want to know if I as a MBP owner; who currently has Lion on their computer, has the ability to get another legit disk.

Like, can I contact Apple and say; "Hey, Apple. I don't have a Lion OSX disk but I have a MBP with Lion on it. Help me out"

Ehhh?

It depends. What year is your system? If it is a newer model that came with Lion or Mountain Lion, you can just do a command-r boot to the recovery partition, format Macintosh HD with Disk Utility and then reinstall the OS directly downloaded from Apple's servers. The install authorization for the default OS that came with the machine is linked to the serial number, so you won't need a AppleID or password.