Can't restore MacBook Air

Mac started glitching and then shut itself down. Now it will only come back on in recovery modeand ask me to reinstall OSX 10.7. I cannot access the app store to get it and I never purchased 10.7, my computer came preloaded with it. Is there any way that I can do this without purchasing the software? Really if you have to purchase the software then it's a bit of a ripoff isn't it? This is honestly the only problem I have had a problem like this with any Apple product.

If your air came with lion preinstalled when it was new then you don't ever need to buy lion. It is included with the computer. So from that internet boot screen use disk utility to repartition the drive as one partition and then reinstall lion. No need to buy it, it is included.
But if your air just shut down and it can't find the os to boot from I suspect there is a hardware problem. Like the ssd in your air has failed. If you can't successfully install lion from the internet boot then you will need to take the system to apple to be diagnosed and fixed. Hopefully you still have some warranty left. If not then the fix will be at your expense.
SethGrant wrote:
Mac started glitching and then shut itself down. Now it will only come back on in recovery modeand ask me to reinstall OSX 10.7. I cannot access the app store to get it and I never purchased 10.7, my computer came preloaded with it. Is there any way that I can do this without purchasing the software? Really if you have to purchase the software then it's a bit of a ripoff isn't it? This is honestly the only problem I have had a problem like this with any Apple product.

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