I bought a MacBook Pro in December of 2011. Was it supposed to come with an install disc?

There wasn't one with mine and I need to erase the hard drive and start over (totally my fault).

Thank you, Niel, that was fast!
Will this option erase the main partition? I'd like to erase everything and start over.
Or is a foolish notion left over from my Windows days and not necessary?..:)))
Thanx, Geri O

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