Can I do a complete recovery of hard drive recovery and everything t over without an external drive if I don't care to save anythingcm

having bad permission problems and just seems easier to start over can I do it without an external hard drive as long I'm not saving information

I have dozen OWC cases and drives and no issue so I know that they are good choice.
Don't know how much data and such and given the price of 1-2-3TB drives $160 for 1TB might be small but get the job done, while 3TB for $230 is a good drive + case investment to handle your needs and nice combo TimeMachien and other purposes - for external solution which you do want, so it can be safe and off line etc
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB
I keep a Voyager Dock around to access various bare drives externally as need, they do get warm under heavier use but work well
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/NewerTech/Voyager/Hard_Drive_Dock
Good value in a bare drive
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Seagate/ST3000DM001R/
Popular WD Black 2TB for all uses
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Western%20Digital/WD2002FAEXR/
For my own systems. SSD for system with spare 10K 250GB WD drives ($100 for either), WD Black 1TB for data and 1-1.5TB Green for backups.
WD Black 1TB $93
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Caviar-Internal-Desktop/dp/B0036Q7MV0/
WD Green 3TB $149 - backup
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Caviar-Green-Desktop/dp/B004RORMF6/
WD VR 10K 250GB $103 200MB/sec boot drive :
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007V5A1BK/
Those last and last and make a nice boot drive.
SSD: Samsung 840 128GB
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Series-120GB-internal-MZ-7TD120BW/dp/B009NHAF06/

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