Do I really need to BUY Lion to create bootable DVD/USB?

Hello, all.
I need to create a bootable Lion DVD or USB flash drive so that I can repair my internal drive. I just bought this new MacBook Pro (late 2011) and it - obviously - came with Lion installed. Do I really need, as the two articles I've found cite, to BUY Lion (again, sort of) to create bootable media?
Any help, suggestions, support, or answers (particularly) would be greatly appreciated.
Clinton

clintonfrombirmingham wrote:
Hello, all.
I need to create a bootable Lion DVD or USB flash drive so that I can repair my internal drive.
This statement confuses me. You don't need anything to repair your internal drive. Just hold down cmd-r on restart and boot into the recovery HD. Are you aware of the Recovery HD? http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
Now, if you want something to boot from if yiou ever need to swap drives, you can try any one of the noted options. Even then, your Mac should be able to boot into the Internet Recovery without a bootable drive at all. That does require good internet access, but is another option.
Asside from all that, a clone would be a good option (as already mentioned) to have if you don't want to be saddled with downloading Lion again to reinstall.

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