Disk Utility wants start up disk for Lion

My 2.66 Ghz Intel i7 MacBook pro seems to have slowed down considerably after the Lion OS upgrade. I ran a scan using DiskUtility and it says the disk has errors. The repair needs me to start up the MacBook Pro using a startup disk/installation disk. Since its an online upgrade how to create a startup boot disk?
Thanks
Advith Shetty

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
Lion has a Recovery volume which you can run the DiskUtility on the main volume that needs repaired.
Reboot hold command-R or alternatively hold the option key down.

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