Format the hard drive and reinstall Mac OS X if i have lost the dvd's

Hi
I own a 2011 macbook pro 17" and it my disk is almost full so the computer is frezzing all the time and stuff. So i thought of formatting the drive and reinstalling the OS but i can't find the dvd's that came with it and i'm really not sure if there were any dvd's that came with it. Why do I do?
I have a friend who has a 2011 macbook pro 13". Will his dvd's work on mine?
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks

adrianlazlow wrote:
my disk is almost full so the computer is frezzing all the time
Reduce data off of it so it's less than 80% filled, use a external drive.
That's all you need basically.
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You have to stop using the drive immediately. Completely stop. Do not boot the computer from the drive.
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http://data-recovery-software-review.toptenreviews.com/mac-recovery-software
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Need help please

Process:         Aperture [296]
Path:            /Applications/Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS/Aperture
Identifier:      com.apple.Aperture
Version:         3.4.3 (3.4.3)
Build Info:      Aperture-310022000000000~2
App Item ID:     408981426
App External ID: 12009533
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [133]
User ID:         501
Date/Time:       2013-02-01 04:25:46.676 +0000
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.8.2 (12C3104)
Report Version: 10
Interval Since Last Report:          43949 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   1
Anonymous UUID:                      4219118F-5A20-1074-7125-E46DBF5D865F
Crashed Thread: 0
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Application Specific Information:
dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries
Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /Library/Frameworks/PluginManager.framework/Versions/B/PluginManager
Referenced from: /Applications/Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS/Aperture
Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
          /Library/Frameworks/PluginManager.framework/Versions/B/PluginManager: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
          /Library/Frameworks/PluginManager.framework/Versions/B/PluginManager: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
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