How to activate "Find My Mac"

I am using Mac Air with OS X Yosemite.  I signed out the iCloud and signed in again.  After the sign in, the "Find My Mac" could not be activated with the following message
"Find My Mac requires a recovery partition
Some configurations, such as a software or hardware RAID, do not support a recovery partition and can't be used with Find My Mac."
Have anyone come across it?
Thanks

Check "I cannot turn Find My Mac On" here:
iCloud: Troubleshooting Find My iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac - Apple Support
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