Recovery HD Partition

I have a Mac Book Air with a Recovery Partition. It is taking up 15GB of space. Anything i read it is supposed to take up 670MB. Whay is this so? And can i just delete it and create it again? Do I need it?

No, you can't just delete it and restore it. To fix this you would need to repartition the drive and reinstall OS X. Yes, you need it in order to use Disk Utility to repair the hard drive or to reinstall OS X.

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A friend bought second hand macbook air mid 2011 with crossed circle on the display, we tried recovery from partition and same thing happened, after internet recovery it stays the same except now it asks for password for boot option, what happened?

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I forgot to write down my computer specs:
iMac 27 Mid 2011
2.7 GHz Intel Core i5
4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB
OS X 10.9.2

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Holy crap, I got it to work.
Essentially, I just waited until DiskWarrior reached Step 9 and told it to skip the step before it had a chance to freeze. It skipped successfully, moved on, rebuilt and replaced the faulty directory files.
So far the computer is booting like normal, I can log in, and I'm currently copying all of the data to an external as I type this.
I still have no idea why the computer wouldn't mount or boot to any drive, but I guess I'll deal with that later.

Recovery HD partition disappears when I install Mavericks. File Vault 2 can't be turned on.

Hi folks,
I've run into this issue and repeated internet searches don't turn up anyone else having the same problem.
Until a couple of days ago, I've had the most recent version of Mountain Lion installed with File Vault 2 turned on. Everything has been fine.
I did a clean install of Mavericks, and everything went fine with the install. During the post-install set up, I get a window saying that I used to have FV2 turned on, and that to do so again requires me turning it on in System Preferences. So I try to do that, but then I get a message saying that "some disk formats do not support the recovery partion that needs to be created...".
So I look (using both diskutil list and enabling the debug menu in Disk Utility) and see that the Recovery HD is gone. I don't know how to recreate it and don't understand the command line partitioning well enough to try it, so I try again with Mavericks, doing it the long way:
I do a clean install of Lion.
Boot up into Lion, and verify that the Recovery HD partition was created. It was.
Boot up from the Mavericks bootable USB I made, erase just the main partition I intend to install Mavericks on (again, I see Recovery HD exists).
Install Mavericks.
Boot up from the internal HD Mavericks, get the same note about turning on FV2 manually, and try to do so.
It fails again. I use diskutil and Disk Utility with the debug menu, and sure enough Recovery HD is gone and I cannot turn on FV2.
Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? I feel like this would be a more widely discussed issue if this were a pure Mavericks issue. But Apple is not giving us a lot of support for doing clean installs (all instructions I find are on tech nerd blogs), so I'm lost about where to begin.
Thanks for your help.
It is Thu Oct 24 08:32:28 MDT 2013.
< Thu 8:32am ~ > diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Tesla                   499.2 GB   disk0s2

FWIW, I did a clean install of Mavericks with a bootable USB drive, which I created following the instructions in this link:
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/10/22/perform-clean-install-os-x-mavericks/
The short method did not work. I succeeded with the longer method.
Mavericks installed without a hitch, after which I spent hours customizing settings, clean installing applications and restoring data from my prior Mountain Lion backup. No problems at all, just very time consuming.
However, I could not activate "Find my Mac" because the installer had not created a a Recovery HD. I trawled the forums and was discouraged by the apparent complexity of creating one.
This is what I did, which worked perfectly and required very little attention. It is almost automatic, fail proof and done in under an hour (with a fast internet connection to download Mavericks at just over 5GB).
1.- Back up the system. Better still, clone your system to an external HD using Carbon Copy Cloner.
2.- Download Mavericks from the App Store.
3.- It will warn you that you already have 10.9 installed. Download anyway.
4.- When it finishes downloading you'll get a window prompting you to install. Confirm.
5.- Enter your user password when prompted.
6.- Go for a walk. In about 45 min your system will have restarted Mavericks and all your settings, applications and data will be there.
7.- Check that you now have a Recovery HD by restarting the system, holding the Option key down when you hear the startup gong. You'll (hopefully) see the system HD and the Recovery HD (10.9).
Hope this will help someone.

Reinstall OS X to restore the Recovery HD partition. Will I lose everything on my hard drive?

I just downloaded Carbon Copy Cloner so I could backup/clone my MBP hard drive. However, when I started the process I got this notice from CCC: CCC cannot create a Recovery HD on this disk because it cannot find any suitable source Recovery HD volumes or archives. Reinstall OS X to restore the Recovery HD partition, then return to this window to create a Recovery HD clone on your destination disk.
So, how do I reinstall OS X on my mbp hard drive and will doing this erase all my data, photos, software, etc? Thanks.

Reinstalling OS X Without Erasing the Drive
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall OS X: Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
Also see:
Reinstall OS X Without Erasing the Drive
Choose the version you have installed now:
OS X Yosemite- Reinstall OS X
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet
if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

Can I put the HP recovery (D:) partition in an extended partition?

I recently had to replace my HDD and HP sent a recovery disk set with my OEM replacement HDD which I used to returm my laptop to "factory original" condition. My problem is that it created 4 primary partitions on the HDD, and now I'm looking for a way to non-distructivly increase the number of partitions on the HDD so I can dual boot Windows 7 64-bit and one or more distros of linux. My computer is a Pavilion dv7-3165dx Entertainment Notebook. I would like to preserve all 4 of the partitions that the recovery disks installed. I had an extended partition with logical drives in it on the drive that failed, and while I don't recall the exact configuration of the partitions I'm sure that I didn't delete any of the factory original partitions to make room for the extended partition, I only had to resize the (C: ) partition to make space for my additional partitions.
So, can the HP recovery (D: ) partition be placed inside an extended partition and still function as intended?
I asked the same question about the (C: ) partition on the Microsoft support forums, and ended up with opposing answers, 1 from a "Support Engineer" saying no, and another ftom a Microsoft tech page showing a diagram of partitions in a configuration that would imply that the answer is yes. Since it's a diagram and not a screenshot I can't decide if I want to risk the attempt on it. To tell the truth I would rather have the (C: ) in the extended partition, but i'm ready to do the job by converting the recovery (D: ) partition if the functionality will still be there.
The configuration of the partitions that the recovery disks created is as follows:
As you can see there is plenty of empty space in the (C: ) partition that I can use for my other plans.
BTW, I'm posting this question here because I couldn't find a partitioning section of these forums, and it is about the recovery partition, If there is a more appropriate section maybe a mod will move it, and inform me of where it is.
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Those are the standard partitions. All systems should have the system partition as this is necessary for Windows to boot. The large partition is of course the main partition.
In my experiencing, modifying the recovery partition has not had a happy ending. Others may have a different experience, but I have seen the recovery partition fail to function properly after it is modified.
Furthermore, you can run into issues down the road if a dive has more than 4 partitions. Windows, by default, will convert a drive to dynamic if it has more than four partitions. The recovery, either from the HDD or from the disks, is designed for a basic disk and will not recover a dynamic drive. If a fifth partition is added, instead of removing one to make room for one more, then there will be issues with the recovery down the road. There are ways around it, but I recommend avoiding that scenario if possible.
As long as you have the recovery disks, which sound like you do, I would recommend removing the recovery partition so that there will be room for a partition of your choice. The same can be said for HP_Tools. If you really need the advanced diagnostics, a bootable media containing them can be made by downloading the UEFI support environment from the support and drivers page for your unit. The installer will give you the choice to install to the HDD (make a partition) or to make a USB flash drive that is bootable with them. The HP_Tools partition is small, but the purpose is to keep the number of partitions to four or less. Removing the recovery partition (make sure to keep the recovery disks) and the HP_Tools would give the option to add two partitions and keep it under five to avoid the issue of a dynamic drive. A third party tool can be used to resize the C partition to give you the space you need for the other partitions.
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Apple_Boot Recovery HD partition - what exactly does it do?

On a new MacBook Air (Mid 2011) there is a partiton on the internal solid state drive that shows up (you can see it by using Terminal, then type "diskutil list" at the prompt) as Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3.
My question is what exactly does this partition provide? Is the Internet still required to accomplish a "Reinstall Mac OS X"?
Does the partition just provide a quick way to reach the Mac OS X Utilities pane (see below) when restarting your computer while holding down the Command and R keys?
If the partition is not on a MacBook Air (Mid 2011) do you reach exactly the same functionality when you are required to download the Mac OS X Utilities pane from the Internet?
Once at the Mac OS X Utilities pane, would you be required to use the Internet to accomplish a "Reinstall Mac OS X" even with the presence of the the Apple_Boot Recovery HD partition?

2. You can boot from any Recovery HD regardless of its location provided it's connected. For example you can use the Lion Recovery Disk Assistant - OS X Lion: About Lion Recovery Disk Assistant - to put a Recovery HD volume onto a small USB flash drive with at least 2 GBs of space. You can install Lion onto a 16 GB USB flash drive in which case the installer will include a Recovery HD partition.
3. If you boot from the Recovery HD then the reinstallation is by Internet. If you have your own bootable USB Lion flash drive, then the reinstallation will take place from the flash drive. Here's how the flash drive is made:
Make Your Own Lion Installer
1. After downloading Lion you must first save the Install Mac OS X Lion application. After Lion downloads DO NOT click on the Install button. Go to your Applications folder and make a copy of the Lion installer. Move the copy into your Downloads folder. Now you can click on the Install button. You must do this because the installer deletes itself automatically when it finishes installing Lion.
2. Get a USB flash drive that is at least 8 GBs. Prep this flash drive as follows:
Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
3. Locate the saved Lion installer in your Downloads folder. CTRL- or RIGHT-click on the installer and select Show Package Contents from the contextual menu. Double-click on the Contents folder to open it. Double-click on the SharedSupport folder. In this folder you will see a disc image named InstallESD.dmg.
4. Plug in your freshly prepared USB flash drive. You are going to clone the InstallESD.dmg disc image to the flash drive as follows:
Open Disk Utility.
Select the USB flash drive from the left side list.
Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
Check the box labeled Erase destination.
Select the USB flash drive volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
Drag the InstallESD.dmg disc image file into the Source entry field.
Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
When the clone is completed you have a fully bootable Lion installer that you can use without having to re-download Lion.

How to make the RESCUE AND RECOVERY hidden partition when changing the hard disk drive

I've got T61 and I'd like to know if is it possible (in case of changing the HDD) to make the RESCUE AND RECOVERY hidden partition on the new hard disk drive? If yes - please let me know how to do that.

hi you the rescue partition is made automatically when you use your recovery cd's on the new HDD so no problem there!
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Accidentally deleted "Recovery HD" partition

I accidentally deleted "Recovery HD" partition. How can I get back or re-install it?
I'm using MacBook Pro Retina 13"
Intel 2.4 GHz Core I%
OSX 10.9.2

Only if you use Disk Utility to first erase the drive. Otherwise, it should install all new OS files over the existing ones, and recreate the hidden Recovery partition. Your third party apps, user account and personal files will remain as they are.
But as mentioned, there's always the possibility something will happen that shouldn't, and you could lose files. So have a full backup in place, first.

How to repair Lion's Recovery HD partition? (Missing from boot menu but still there in Disk Utility)

Running a 2011 Macbook Air with Bootcamp (Win7).
The Recovery HD disappeared from boot menu after installing Windows 7.
The 650mb partition is still there (from Disk Utility "Show All Partitions") but cannot be accessed...
What should I do if I want to enable Filevault 2? It needs the Recovery HD partition right?
Help!

The problem is Boot Camp: It uses a hybrid GPT/MBR partitioning scheme - which ends up hiding the Recovery HD partition - which is an EFI physical partition (neither GPT nor MBR).
I would expect a new version of Boot Camp to release - like real soon - because of the Recovery HD partition invisibility issue.
In this article - it is suggested that rEFIt should be used to partition a hard drive that is going to support multiple boots including Mac OS X, LINUX, and Windows.
(http://wiki.onmac.net/index.php/Triple_Boot_via_BootCamp)
The key in the article to using Boot Camp with rEFIt is this:
"Run the Boot Camp Assistant and create the Windows XP driver cd. Then exit Boot Camp. DO NOT PARTITION USING BOOT CAMP: you are only using Boot Camp for the drivers, not the partitioning."
All partitioning is done in terminal mode using the "diskutil" command.
rEFIt is used to update both the GPT and MBR records so that all partitions will be visible using its "gptsync" command.
Then - you replace the standard Mac boot menu with the rEFIt boot menu. THAT will show the Mac OS X partition, Recovery HD (an EFI partition), and the Windows partition.
My caveat is that rEFIt - which is open sourced and available here: http://refit.sourceforge.net
has not been recently updated and tested with respect to Mac OS X Lion.
Hope this helps!

Reinstall recovery hd partition

i,m wondering if anyone can help. i deleted my recovery hd partition and wondered if anyone can advise me how to restore it to it,s original location.   i,m running Yosemite 10.10 if that has any bearing on the matter. Thanks    Macbook Pro , early 2011 17inch

Reinstalling OS X Without Erasing the Drive
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall OS X: Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
Also see:
Reinstall OS X Without Erasing the Drive
Choose the version you have installed now:
OS X Yosemite- Reinstall OS X
     Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet
                 if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

Data Recovery from Partitioned and formatted Bit Locker Encrypted Drive

Recently because of some issues in windows 7 installation from windows 8 installed OS. it was giving as the disc is dynamic windows can not be installed on it. so at last after struggling hard no other solution i partitioned and formatted my whole
drive so all data gone included the drive which was encrypted by bit lockers.
For recovery i used many software such as ontrack easy recover, get data back, recovery my files professional edition but still i couldnt able to recover my data from that drive. then i found some suggestion Using CMD to decrypt my data first
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee523219(WS.10).aspx
where it shows it successfully decrypt my data at that moment my drives were in RAW format excluding on which windows is installed and then in CMD i check Chdsk which also shows no problem found. but now problem is still i coudnt able to recover
my data then i format the drive D and again tried to recover data using above software after decryption still no result.
Now i need assistance how i can recover my encrypted drive as it was partitioned and also formatted but decrypted also as i have its recovery key too. thanks

Hi ,
I am afraid that we cannot get the data back if the drive has been formatted even if use the
BitLocker Repair Tool.
You’d better contact your local data recovery center to try to get data back.
Tracy Cai
TechNet Community Support

HP Pavilion DV8el Entertainment recovery and partitioning drive C

Someone must have done this before, but I just cannot find anything...
I had to replace drive C for bad sectors, and now the Recovery Disks I had made three years ago crash with blue screen on partitioning the drive.
Nothing can be installed via that **bleep** disks (which are new because I have never used them before!)
I have a clean Ghost image of the whole C drive (before it got corrupted), partition by partition, so I really want to use that to recover my software and configurations. But I do not know how to do that without going throught the ununseable Recovery discs.
The problem seems to be that Ghost looks for the four original partitions and since it cannot find them it does not know where to install the C data... Can I manually partition C? I have a Linux Mint 13 system on a bootable USB drive, so I can mount and format C, I just need to know HOW (FAT32, NTFS, HIDDEN...) and what size/flags to give partitions...
I hope someone can help! Thanks a million, Gabriele
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I understand you need to restore your system software after replacing the HDD.
You mentioned you have a Ghost image. Are you referring to Norton Ghost? If so, what version of Ghost was used to make the image?
If you do have Ghost, then this thread may be useful for you.
http://community.norton.com/t5/Other-Norton-Products/How-do-I-Restore-Ghost-Image-to-a-new-Hard-Driv...
Additionally, this document covers restoring a Ghost image on a new HDD using Ghost 15.
https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/kb20091020110134EN_EndUserProfile_en_us;j...
I suspect the process is similar for other versions of Ghost. Once I know the exact version of Ghost, I may be able to find something more specific for your version of Ghost.
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Recovery and Partitions

Hi,
I have a T530.
C is my primary operating drive
Q is Lenovo recovery drive
I shrunk C and created a logical partition for data with a different drive letter.
If I use Lenovo's recovery software, when it restores factory state to C drive wil it overwrite/remove the logical partition that I created or will my data be safe and remain?
Thanks.

I believe if you restore factory defaults your entire hard drive will be repartitioned to it's default state. So I would suggest you do that one-time backup of your operating system via Lenovo Rescue & Recovery on a 16GB USB stick (or an external hard drive), then repartition your hard drive (which you've done already) and then backup entire drive via 3rd party software and keep your Lenovo R&R recovery image for when you want to sell or trade your laptop.
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L430: i3-2370M, 4 GB DDR3-1600, HD 3000, 320GB 7200RPM, 6-cell, HD 1366 x 768, Win7 Home Premium 64-bit

System recovery from partition fails after first boot

I just purchased and recieve the following notebook: Pavilion DV7-6C95DX. I went through setup and then created recovery DVDs.
After playing with it for a short while, I decided to try restoring it to factory condition using the recovery partiton and F11 during boot. This started the recovery manager, which (according to its checklist) reformatted the Windows partition, copied required files and restored file to the hard disk. Then it prompted me to continue to reboot and finish the process, which I did.
Upon boot, it reported it immediately reported "Windows failed to start... Status: 0xc000000f ... a required device inaccessible"
I pressed Enter to contine and the screen said "Choose an operating system to start ..." and it gave me only the option "Ramdisk Options [EMS enabled]" Choosing it takes me back to the previous screen and so on.
So, I tried using the recovery media I made earlier. That booted Windows and Recovery Manager reported the following: "The system recovery media does not support this computer. You are not able to restore this computer with the media" There was a code below it that read "0110-A6X02UAR#ABA-A6X02UA#ABA"
There are apparently two problems -- the reecovery partition does not work and the recovery media does not work. I do not know if they are related, but, in any case, now the computer is unusable. It is less than a week old.
Thanks in advance for any advice for correcting this.
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Hi Lance,
This error can occur if there are any USB devices or media cards connected to your notebook. If this is the case, remove everything connected to your notebook and try the Recovery process again.
If the above is not relevant, I would try the following to rule out a potential Hardware issue.
Before trying the following, make sure you can read the Activation key on your Windows COA label ( 5 blocks of 5 alpha/numeric sets ).
Assuming that this is just a software problem with the Recovery process, there is a straight forward work around if you have ( or can borrow ) a retail Windows 7 installation disc that is exactly the same version as your OEM installation - ie if your notebook came with Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit this is the exact retail version you would need.
If you don't have access to a retail disc, you can create an installation disc yourself using another PC - just download the correct Disc Image from the link below and use an application such as ImgBurn to burn the ISO correctly to a blank DVD - a guide on using ImgBurn to write an ISO to a disc is Here. These Images are clean and from a well-respected source, however there are only limited versions available.
Windows-7 sp1-iso-official-32-bit-and-64-bit
Use the disc to perform the installation, enter the Windows activation key found on the COA Label when requested and when the installation has completed, use the 'Phone Method' detailed in the link below to activate the OS - this method supported by Microsoft and is popular with people who just want a clean installation of Windows 7 without the additional software load normally bundled with OEM installations.
http://www.kodyaz.com/articles/how-to-activate-windows-7-by-phone.aspx
Any additional drivers you may need can be found starting Here.
If this also fails to install Windows, I would simply return the notebook to the retailer it was purchased from and get a replacement while you are still within the time frame where this is an option.
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I deleted the recovery(hidden) partition and want it back..

i wiped my t61p to install korean windows and now i want it back to factory status.
I tried to do it from R&R but i wont work and i think b/c i dont have the hidden partition.
I've got no recovery cd or windows cd on me rite now....I really want it back to fresh factory status.
need help
thanks.

Welcome to the forum!
You'll need to obtain a set of recovery disks to be able to re-create the hidden partition.
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