Need to repair HD

disk utility said I need to repair the HD on my MBP.  It said to run disk utility from the install disk. I have Lion installed on my MBP. Lion was a download. So I put the previous version (snow leopard) os disk in the MBP. Then I get a message that says "you can't use this version of the application install mac os X.app with this version of mac os X.
So how do I repair my HD from a install disk if I don't have the Lion install disk?

Short answer:  Restart while holding command-r.  There you will find Disk Utility.
Long answer:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/recovery/
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
charlie

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