I need to reinstall osx on my mac but with different apple id ?

hey,
i need to resinstall osx on my macbook but with a different apple id than the one which i used to install mountain lion is there any way i can do it ?

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Unless you purchased OS X Mountain Lion with that Apple ID, you can't. You have to use the Apple ID used to purchase OS X Mountain Lion, or you won't be able to install Mac OS X

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