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I am student living abroad and just had the infamous 'folder with a ?' pop up on my MacBook. I realized then that I didn't pack my DVDs with me when I came and am wondering if I purchase a set of OS X install discs, if that will be the same as the 'restore' DVD that came with my laptop in the first place?
I have tried everything I can find online on trying to fix the problem but nothing is working. I just want to get to the Disc Utility to try to fix the problem so if anyone knows a way around purchasing new disc, let me know.
Thanks!

Hi jacksonRy;
The biggest problem you might run into is if your MacBook is so new it requires a new version of OS X then DVD you purchase contains.
How old is your MacBook?
As far as fixing your disk with Disk Utility that may or may not be possible. DU looks at the structure of the files on the disk. When you boot and get the question mark that can be caused by the content of the files which DU will not see at all.
Allan

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