I just bout a new MBP with Lion. As you know it did not come with a Disk for the OS. So, how to I get Lion so I can install to an external drive (fresh install), so I can then swap drives in my MBP?
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How can I get Lion for Fresh Install
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Download Lion from the App store and then these sites will help you create a bootable USB drive.
To make a bootable USB drive
http://www.macworld.com/article/160124/2011/05/osxflashdrive.html
and instructions on what to do with the Lion download
http://www.macworld.com/article/161069/2011/07/make_a_bootable_lion_installer.html
I followed these and my MBP now has Lion and I have a bootable USB Lion disc.
All MBPs that have Lion pre-installed come with a recovery partition you can use to perform a clean factory install of the OS.
Hold the command+R keys while the MBP is starting to access the recovery environment.
But the drive the OP has hasn't got Lion installed on it so no recovery partition.
I believe you install the new drive and hold the option key on startup. Connect to a wireless network and then you can download the OS directly.
Connect the drive to the mac, restart on the recovery partition and point the installer to your external drive.
sometimes you just have to think out of the box... if you are afraid to experiment you will never learn.