I reset my macbook pro. now I can't reinstall . please help

I just reset my macbook pro. Now I can't reinstall because my apple ID has not purchased Lion..

If your Macbook Pro installed Lion before resetting, you can reinstall Lion from recovery area of HDD.
Start Mac with "option" key to select recovery HDD(or "command"+"R" key) then formatting with Disk Utility for reinstalling area.

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