Repair utility says to load the disk, but no disk is provided.
The Lion comes as a downloard, no disk. But the repair utility says to insert the disk to to the repair.
I asked tech support if that were true. She said it was not true. I asked them to change the instructions to reflect what one really needs to do to repair the computer if it fails, and she hung up on me. (Really, no profanity, no insults, just a plain question. Must be a rough week with the Lion intro)
I still need to know if I need a disk available to repair the computer if it fails. Or how one would know how to repair it if it does fail without the disk and without the computer giving me instruction.
There is no written manual to explain. I am guessing that the we are presumed to be omnicient.
I've noticed that Lion creates a Recovery partition on your hard drive. Did the message say Repair or Recovery?
Phil
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