Problems after trying to reset Mac book pro

I was reseting my Mac book pro to factory settings and the hard drive is missing the Mac HD. How do I fix that?

You would reboot while holding down Command + R, first use Disk Utility to erase the volume, then reinstall OS X. Much faster if you connect to the Internet using ethernet than WiFi, but for a retina that would require a thunderbolt to ethernet cable.

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