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I've got a Macbook Pro and I had recently upgraded OSX from 10.9 to 10.10 beta. Without thinking it all the way through, I decided to perform a complete reformat to remove any files left over from the previous version upgrades. So, I rebooted and held cmd button + R, and I erased the main partition. The option to install a copy of OSX 10.10 fails because I'm assuming it's not on Apple's servers, yet, since it's still beta. The problem is, I cannot choose to install 10.9 from that screen - it only offers 10.10. I can no longer boot into OSX, since I erased the partition.
So, I'm now on my Windows machine trying to find the proper way to recover this Macbook Pro. It sounds like I need to create a boot disk, but I can't find an official way to get a hold of the ISO to create that boot disk.
What can I do in this situation? I don't want to have to go into an Apple store, because I live a long way away from one. Is there a way I can obtain an ISO to create the boot disk? Or, is there maybe a way to simply choose a different OSX version at that reformat screen?
Thanks!

I don't think you can do anything helpful with a Windows machine. Mac App store wants to read your Mac's model number and your Apple-ID.
Exactly which model MacBook Pro makes a big difference.
If yours has Internet Recovery, you should be able to hold down:
Command-Option-R
at startup until a globe appears on your screen. From there, you should be able to re-Install Mac OS X, and it is supposed to be the version that came on your Mac.
Please post back with your results, because some Readers are saying it re-installs the Major version, but the latest 0.1 update to that version. Others are saying if your Mac can run Mavericks, it re-Installs Mavericks 10.9.3 regardless.

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