OSX Lion installer disappears

I just downloaded and installed OS X 10.7 from the Mac Store. I upgraded my iMac no problem but now the problem is that the OS X Lion installer I downloaded is nowhere to be found. I wanted to burn it to DVD as a backup.
How can I get back OS X Lion that I just bought from the Mac store?

The Installer is deleted after installation. You have to grab a copy of it before starting the install and then follow the procedure here to make a DVD.
See if you can download the installer again from MAS, or do so on another machine and then make a DVD following the procedure above.
Steve

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I own a late 2009 Macbook Pro, and it keeps freezing after OSX Lion installation. I will post my computer's 'specs' below. I installed Lion, from Snow Leopard, through the App store. The first week, it worked like a dream, and was loving my brand new computer, or so it seemed. I then began to run into problems, and I can't confirm this 100%, but I believe it was after I updated from 10.7.1, to 10.7.2.
The freezes are sporatic at best, and cannot be narrowed down to one app. I googled the issue about two weeks ago, and found a fix involving a temporary log-in, verifying the disk, restarting the computer holding CMD+R, and repairing the disk from there. That fixed the problem. For about three or four days. From there I brought my laptop to Best Buy, where I purchased the computer (start the groans, my dad wanted the accidental damage, and he was paying, there was no argument). My warranty there was still good, but all they were offering was to check my hard-drive, and possibly ship it out. That would not be good for me, as I am a High School student, who works online.
So I then decided to go to the Apple store, see what they said. They said a bunch of people had this problem, it would cost a lot to fix, as I would need a new Logic Board. This did not make any sense to me, as I knew it was Lion's fault, so why would they not make the L-2009MBP Logic Board compatible, and why are only a few people having this problem, well a lot more than a few, but I mean not everyone.
So I asked a friend about it, and we decided to run a back up, and erase the computer, and re-install Lion. Figuring maybe my data was corrupted during install. This helped for a day or two, and happened again. So this time, we backed up only files (music, pics, documents, etc.,) and did a fresh install. I got my computer back last night. Now, I am not saying that didn't help. Previously I would have frozen about 18 times well writing this, but I have not frozen once (hopefully I didn't just jinx myself). I have gone from about one freeze every 10-15 minutes (sometimes worse), to about one every 1-3 hours. Which, let's be honest is still a lot.
So, before I just decide to go and revert to Snow Leopard on my merry way, I ask, do any of you have any other ideas? Or guarenteed fixes? I know a guarentee is a hard thing to ask for, but I am desperate, my teachers are getting angry with me for not sending work, and I know this would help a lot of people. Thank you to those who read through my whole spiel, and thank you to those who will help me!
[Ps, while I am somewhat of a noob, I know my way around a computer, so any help, or knowledge you could bestow upon me is awesome. Especially DIY fixes. (if your only advice is, don't buy a mac at Best Buy, don't bother commenting)]
Macbook Pro
15-inch, 2.53GHz, Mid 2009
Processor: 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB
Software: Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2 (11C74)

Once it is downloaded you need to restart the computer if it does not restart automatically. When it next starts up you should note a progress bar appearing below the Apple logo. When done the computer will restart once more. The new firmware should now be installed.

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Today I began download OSX Lion from Mac AppStore and stuck in 2.5GB and Mac AppStore said that this files has been completed. As far I know, the files is 3.4GB so I try to install with this files and said that I can't install using this app. Snow Leopard said that the installer is corrupt.
So I deleted OSX Lion Installer, and go to Mac AppStore again to re download. But something terrible happen, on my Mac AppStore still said that OSX Lion insalled. So I can't re download it.
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Please help, I need to redownload the files. So I can upgrade my OS X into Lion
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Jauhari

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i downloaded osx lion from the app store, but when it finally finished downloading 3.5gb of the the file, during the installation it stops installation and says "the software could not be verified. it may have been corrupted or tampered with during downloading"
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Might not be the best way to install such a major update! Apple should have tested the systems ability to install via the App Store if 100's or indeed 1000's are trying to do so at the same time!
I am going to give up and seek a refund soon this is not worth the hassle to be honest.
I still have 3 more to do! Well given the comments on here about problems I will just try it on one machine for now assuming it downloads before christmas.

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Hey allan. I dont know. Nothing seems to change. I still dont have net connection. Im at a net shop right now. (Not using mac.) What will happen to the OSX Lion that I payed for? The icon was gone. Im still in the middle of downloading it.

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PLS Help! Mac osx Lion won't install on my Mac!
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The APP store has my purchase of OSX Lion marked as "Installed", but it isn't. The installation failed and I'm tring to redownload the OS but cannot because it is marked as installed.
Any suggestions?

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Always be sure to back up your Mac before attempting an OS upgrade in case something goes wrong and you loose your entire kit.

Can't reinstall osx lion from internet, and display a message"cannot find installation information ,please contact applecare, what should i do?

hello
I can't reinstall osx lion from internet, and display a message"cannot find installation information ,please contact applecare, what should i do?
thanks

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I actually have three issues, and these appear to be quite common issues with OSX Lion users:
1. When I receive email calendar invitations (attachments come in as .ics) I can open the .ics file, accept the event and it goes into iCal for about 5 seconds, then disappears. This only happens on invitations that are sent to me. Events I creat are stable, no issues.
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I actually have three issues, and these appear to be quite common issues with OSX Lion users:
1. When I receive email calendar invitations (attachments come in as .ics) I can open the .ics file, accept the event and it goes into iCal for about 5 seconds, then disappears. This only happens on invitations that are sent to me. Events I creat are stable, no issues.
2. The time zone is way off. The events are most frequently coming from an outlook server in my same timezone but the times are usually about 7 to 8 hours later in iCal than stated in the .ics attachment. If I send an acceptance, the time that goes back to the inviter is the incorrect (7 to 8 hours later) time and it causes confusion.
What's worse is once the iCal invite disappears and I go back to their email invite to re-populate iCal with the invite, it queues up another "Accept / Maybe / Decline" response. Time is still incorrect.
Any thoughts on how to fix these issues for good?
I am using gmail as my main calendar so it syncs with my phone calendar. I am not using MobileMe. I have an iPad 2 and have the same issues with the iPad OS.

Iphoto disappeared in OSX lion!

I had the entire ilife suite installed in snow leopard along with lots of iphoto and garageband projects, and when I upgraded to OSX lion it all disappeared. To add to that I now have to go to the mac app store to purchase them if I want them now ***!

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