How to restore Macbook Pro to factory settings?

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How to restore Macbook Pro to factory settings?

hey i have macbook pro upgraded to MAC OS X lion (10.7.4). i want to get this pro on to factory settings. i read on discussion/help section here that it needs Disc for that. but when i bought OS Lion i downloaded from app store. so i don't have a disc. so is there anyway that i can do factory settings without disc?

note: i don't have my original copy of snow leopord disc as well. can i use someone else's to restore facotry settings and then upgrade to Lion afterwards from my purchase? 1st i would like to do it simple why rather than making any confusion....

any idea/suggetion will help me out?

thanks

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Posted on Aug 19, 2012 8:49 PM

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sig

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Aug 20, 2012 4:57 AM in response to dmpatel07

Boot holding down the command-r keys into the Lion Recovery disk. You'll see your options there.

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Aug 21, 2012 8:41 PM in response to sig

lion recovery disk you mean for actual disk (CD)? if do then that's the problem coz i just bought my copy of lion from app store and updated my macbook pro. so i don't have a hard copy. it's just in my apple account. so can i do that even though i don't have a disk? by the way thanks for your response.

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Aug 21, 2012 8:56 PM in response to dmpatel07

Just do as sig says - hold down the Command and R keys while booting. This will take you to the Lion recovery disk (a small partition on your hard drive). You can erase your disk from here using Disk Utlity and restore Lion by using Internet recovery. Make sure that you have a good Internet connection because Internet recovery can take quite awhile.

Clinton

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dmpatel07 Author

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Aug 24, 2012 9:47 PM in response to clintonfrombirmingham

thanks

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kholt

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Sep 6, 2012 6:29 PM in response to clintonfrombirmingham

I tried this, but it just continues to boot up. Nothing happens.

Anything else I can try?

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sig

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Sep 7, 2012 4:00 AM in response to kholt

kholt you are coming into soneone else's thread with an issue that is different. Pleas start your own thread and describe what your specific problem/s are.

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Otrax

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Jan 22, 2013 7:13 AM in response to clintonfrombirmingham

I have Mountain Lion (10.8.2). Does this reboot thing work for my version? Also, what would the recovery partition be called?

Thanks!

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