Is Recovery disk also updated to 10.7.4 ?

I would be interested to know if updating, for example, Lion 10.7.2 to 10.7.3, or 10.7.3 to 10.7.4, also updates the System on the Lion Recovery Disk.
I thought I could find out by booting on the Recovery Disk, but there's no "About this Mac" item in this System's Apple menu.
Anyone knows ?
Thanks.
YM

The Recovery HD partition contains an internal file that shows a version number such as 10.7.3 or 10.7.4 corresponding to the OS version that installed it. You can peek into that file - see my posts in this thread:
How tell which Lion version on Recovery partition?
The Recovery HD does not get routinely updated when there are updates to the OS partition, but it doesn't matter operationally , as discussed in that thread.

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I brought hp pavilion g6 2301 ax laptop in august last year. i bought it online. and i wasen't prompted to make any recovery disks.(later when i talked to hp executive he told me that the os warrenty is upto only 90 days)
i updated to windows 8.1 and i am having overheating and fan issues.. fan is making so noise and pc is over heated.
i was told to roll back to windows 8, and as i updated to 8.1 hp' executives are telling that i cant roll it back to windows 8.
they are telling me to purchace a new copy of windows 8.
i cant afford that now as i am under 3 years of hp warrenty.
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Shubham_ringne,
I just tried a Windows "REFRESH" on my HP 13 Split x2 that came with Window 8 and was upgraded to 8.1 . After clicking REFRESH, Windows stated "Window 8.1 would have to be reinstalled after the Refresh". Additionally, Windows advised that some software, apps, and drivers would need to be reinstalled after the refresh. The Windows "REFRESH" returned the computer to Windows 8. Please see Refresh Your PC to Resolve Problems (Windows 8) to start the "REFRESH" process.
The HP Recovery partition should not have changed and should contain the original Windows 8 factory image. Once you have refreshed your computer and it is back to Windows 8, you be able to follow the instructions in Creating Recovery Discs or Saving a Recovery Image to a USB Flash Drive (Windows 8) to create you Windows 8 HP Recovery Media.
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My laptop is hp 2000-2d62nr notebook pc (energy star) S/N: 5CG342027W
I might mess up the HP Recover Manager as follow:
I was attempting to create the recovery disks for the HP Window 8.0 laptop. HP Recovery Manager needed 5 disks. After 2 disks made done, I left my laptop for two hours. Then I returned to my laptop and saw Window to ask me to update Window 8.1. And I updated it to Window 8.1.
After Window 8.1 update done, the system had been restarted. When returning to HP Recovery manager, it asked me to continue the third recovery disks. I selected "Continue". However, Disk 3 verified failed at 15%, the pop up window asked me to use another disk and try again. I attempted second times by restart my laptop. again, Disk 3 verified failed at 2%,
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Cannot create recovery disk after update to Win 8.1 on G580

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I have a Lenovo G580 that came with Win 8.0 preinstalled. I upgraded it to Win 8.1 over the Internet.
When I try to run the "Create recovery disk" I get the error that states that "We cannot create a recovery drive for this PC. Some required files are missing..."
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Hi Calle,
Welcome to Lenovo Community Forums!
I’m sorry to hear that the error message is displayed in your G580 Laptop, as the OS (Operating System) installed is Windows 8.1 or Windows 8. Recovery discs cannot be created only a “Recovery Media” can be created using USB Flash drive, below is the link to create USB recovery drive.
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Do post us back if the issue persists.
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Updating Win8 to Win8 Media Center! Will New Recovery Disk include update?

Reading the manual says that making a set of recovery DVD's will return laptop to purchased state. I was hoping new set would included the media center files.
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Toshiba recovery discs always restore the hard disk to its original out-of-the-box contents, Tom.
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Using Mavericks and need to erase disk because it is sold. When I hold down option key, it shoes the CCC clone which is the temp boot drive and its recovery disk. It also show the Mac and recovery disk.
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Satellite A60-218 - Where to download the recovery disk?

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Hello,
This is my first visit to these forums. I bought my Toshiba Satellite A105-S4284 laptop back in November 2006 from CompUSA. Recently, I had to take my laptop to a local repair shop because I updated McAfee and the desktop froze- this is just some previous info, this problem is fixed. They just backed up my data, then reinstalled the operating system.
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