HT2186 wiped partition on my MacBook Pro

I have wiped partion on my MacBook Pro,
Restored to orignal Mac OSX Lion 10.7 from internet and it is asking for an apple id.
I have purchased a used mac.
Orignal owner not known
Solutions

AtifAMirza wrote:
Restored to orignal Mac OSX Lion 10.7 from internet and it is asking for an apple id.
I have purchased a used mac. Orignal owner not known
Means the previous owner did not restore the machine back to Snow Leopard before selling it.
Solution
1: Determine the serial number of the Mac since it's not booting
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1559
2: Follow the instructions here and enter last three or four digits of the serial number to determine the model of the machine
http://www.everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/
3: Your going to need to know something like "MacBook Pro 5,2" or something like that.
MacBook Pro's 5,2, 5,1, and earlier can use the 10.6 white retail disks sold by Apple online
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
MacBook Pro's 6,2, 6,3 etc and later need to call Apple for machine specific versions of the disks, they will ask for the serial number to comfirm the model as well becaues machine specific disks have drivers for only that model of hardware.
4: Once you have the disks, follow these directions and erase the ENTIRE drive because there are hidden partitions that need to be removed first before Snow Leopard can be properly installed.
How to erase and install Snow Leopard 10.6
5: Once 10.6 is installed, then setup and log in, then Software Update fully until your on 10.6.8, if you choose after that you can purchase OS X 10.8 in the app store, which is a next level OS X after Lion.
6: If that machine won't upgrade to 10.8, and you want 10.7 Lion, you can call Apple and order it.

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