Need to create a recovery HD in Yosemite

A month ago I was fiddling around trying to create a external bootable drive and accidentally wiped my whole HD (Mavericks). Since then I have installed Yosemite and changed out my MBP HD to a SSD. I have noticed that since my initial mishap I do not have a recovery HD in startup (disk 3). I was going to create a partition for the recovery HD in CCC but think it will be wise to get expert advice/opinion before I attempt it. I have downloaded Lion OS for the recovery HD, along with the recovery installer, and backed up my HD through time machine. Should I create a new partition (650 MB) in disk utility then go back to CCC to create a recovery HD or is there a different procedure I should follow to prevent another HD wipeout?
Since I have TRIM enabled because of the SSD install, do I need to disable it before doing anything or is TRIM irrelevant to installing a recovery HD?
Thanks in advance.

Do keep the below in mind for the utility I gave a link to. So, check to see if you have a CoreStorage Volume. Open Terminal and issue the diskutil cs list command. If you do not have a CoreStorage volume, you will see a return message telling you so. If you DO have CoreStorage, then do not use the utility. Instead, reinstall Yosemite using the full installer from the App Store.
You can view the concerns about TRIM in Yosemite from the developer of Trim Enabler.
For those of you with Fusion drives or Core Storage Volumes this program will not work on those.

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Hi,
You should definetely create a set of Recovery Media - this is your copy of the operating system. An example of when you may need this would be if you had to replace the Hard Drive - details on creating this can be found on the following HP document.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03481733&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en
Regarding McAfee, you should uninstall this first before trying to install Norton - you can do this in the usual way by opening Windows Control Panel, open Programs and Features, right click the entry for McAfee and select Uninstall. When the process has completed, restart the notebook before installing Norton.
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When requesting assistance, please provide the complete model name and/or product number of the HP computer in question. HP/Compaq makes thousands of models of computers that are all different. Without this information it may be difficult or impossible to assist you in resolving your issue.
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Sorry but why did you uninstall the recovery disk creator?
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Hi,
One of the restrictions with the Recovery Media Creator application is that it will only allow the Recovery files to be written to removable media - USB Flash Drive or DVDs. It does not support ( and will not recognise ) fixed drives whether internal or external.
An HP document regarding the creation of Recovery Media can be found on the following link.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03481733&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en#N712
Note:
If you decide to create our Recovery Media on a USB Flash Drive, it must be of a type that Windows 8.1 sees as a 'Removable Disk' - not all do and there's no completely reliable method for telling which will work until they're plugged in. For example, in the image below, the usb flash drive Dave (G) shows as a 'fixed drive' and will not work, whereas the usb flash drive 'Removable Disk (H)' will work.
Thanks to @erico the following USB Flash Drives are known to work:
Transcend USB 3.0 16Gb - this may not be large enough in your case.
Team Group F108 64G
PNY Turbo 3.0 - 32GB
Lexar Jumpdrive M10 Secure 64GB USB 3.0
Patriot Rage 3.0 32GB
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How can I create a recovery partition to use Find my Mac?

I want to activate Find my Mac on my MBP. The iCloud system preference says I don't have a recovery partition that's required for it. It apparently didn't install when I upgraded to Mountain Lion.
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FIRST, assuming you do not have another Mac of the same model with a working restore, I would suggest using your Lion, mountaint lion or Maverick install to create a bootable system on a flash drive. You will need a DMG image created with Disk Utility from that stick to recreate the restore partition on your mac.
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NOTES: You must replace the () and everything in between with the respective path. You can simple drag and drop the source (your .dmg) and your target (the drive to be restored) while you are typing in terminal.
Enter admin password
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REMEMBER: you may need to replace /dev/disk0s3 with your new restore partition's designation.
Enter Admin Password when prompted
Restart.
Don't forget to enter the following terminal command into the machine you took the Recovery HD image from.
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