Lost Disks

I purchased my MacBook Pro aboput 5 months ago. Now I have a need to use the system disks that were supposed to come with it. Unfortunatly I can't find any disks. Is there a way to order the system disks from Apple or do I even need them?
I'm setting up Boot Camp so I can run Windows programs on my MacBook Pro. The main reason is because I purchased Quickooks for MAC 2012 about 3 months ago and it's terrible. Even the company says it stinks. So I wrote them a letter and they are sending me the Windows version but they highly recommended I use Boot Camp instead of Parallels that I currently run, nut just uninstalled earlier today. I went to the Apple Genious Bar today and of course they can't help me with the Windows installation but they said once I start the Windows 7 install it will ask for the system disks.
Also, both my children have MacBook Pro's I purchased for them about three years ago and I have thier disks, Can I use thier disks to configure Boot Camp?
Thank you.

[purchased] about 5 months ago
Then it probably came with 10.7 Lion Installed, and there are no discs, the software is distributed electronically through the Mac App Store.
Your computer has a special logical disc, called Recovery HD, that can be used for emergency repairs and re-installs. It is easily accessed by holding down Command-R at startup, or holding the Option key at startup and selecting the Recovery HD drive.
Boot Camp Assistant is pre-Installed in the Utilities folder (under 10.6.8 as well), you do not need Mac discs to use it. But it is complex and you will need to read up on how to use it:
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