Replacing HDD on macbook, don't have original disk.
I just bought a late 2008 macbook, aluminum unibody. But, it didnt come with the original disk. I believe it is currenly running oxs 10.9.1. I have a retail copy of snow leopard. but i believe it originally had leopard on it. From everything I have read online about replacing hard drives it seems really confusing. Im fine with physically putting the new drive in, but i dont understand what i need to do to get an operating system back on the computer. since i just bought it, i dont have any files that I am worried about transferring over. I eventually want mavericks back on it, i know that is meets the system requirements, i just dont know what disk i need. Will the retail snow leopard work? or do i need the original disk that came with the computer? I have read that if I do need that disk I can probably just either order one from apple or take it to an apple store and they can either do it for me, or give me the disk. does anyone know about how much that will cost?
any help is REALLY appreciated. everything I read seems to have a different explanation of what i need to do.
thanks,
amanda
Retail version of Snow Leopard works fine on your MacBook.
Update till 10.6.8, then download Mavericks for free from Mac App Store to install.
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