Restored from Time Capsule and OS Downgraded.

I just bought a MacBook Pro and I restored or installed it from my previous MacBook through TIme Capsule.  I now have OS X 10.7.5 where before the install it was the newer version.  I want to reinstall the newer version that came with the laptop.  Can anyone help?

Sure!
I'm sure there are a couple ways to accomplish this but this is what I would do. Make sure you have a backup before you do this!
Instructions are located here, which provide an easy to follow walkthrough. Essentially what you'll do is download the Mountain Lion full installer, create a bootable version, wipe your hard drive, then clean install Mountain Lion. Note that for step one, open the Mac App Store and click Purchases then click DOWNLOAD by OS X Mountain Lion rather than follow their step one.
After following those steps, you'll be presented with the setup windows to get your Mac up and running. When it asks, be sure to restore your data from your other Mac (or Time Machine backup). This is called Setup Assistant and it works great.
In the end, your new MacBook Pro will be running 10.8.2 and will have all of the data from your previous MacBook.
Hope this helps!
Jordan

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