I have lost my osx disk! Now what?

I have lost my osx 10.6 disks and i need to reinstall Snow Leopard!
What can i do?
thanks

goku_dbz wrote:
thanks,
i guess i will go tomorrow to an apple store and ask for the ios disk only!
I hope they still got it on sale!
As far as I know, Apple Stores do not sell machine specific system discs.
Replacement System Discs can be obtained from Apple's Customer Support for a nominal fee. You'll need to have the model and serial number of your Mac available.
Since you are not in the US, you may need to go through the regional Apple Store that serves your location to find the contact number - http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/intlstoreroutingpage.html

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