Start Yosemite in recovery mode

In preveous versions of OS X you could access recovery mode (partition) by pressing alt-key during startup. Now in the latest os this partition is not present (at least on my mac).
Why is that, and how do I go about to create it?

I have the same. The partition is probably there but hidden. To verify hold down the command and R keys when booting up. Recovery should start and then show you the screen that gives you several choices for recovery. If this is what shows then you still have a recovery partition. If Internet recovery starts then it is missing. I have updated several machines and the recovery partition is now hidden.

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Please read the warranty paperwork that came w/your computer.
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Peter
Do you have a back up? What version of iPhoto do you have? Assuming 09 or later:
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
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Based on your previous post, I was under the impression you could download Mountain Lion, but when you installed it, it locked up again. Not true?
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You have no choice but to lose your data back to the last backup you made.
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HT1808
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So I just went through the install.log.
First of all, there I found out that I have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010):
Feb 3 14:31:12 larsmbpro.domain.com suhelperd[336]: GetModel: model = MacBookPro; major rev = 7; minor rev = 1
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Feb 3 14:31:18 larsmbpro.domain.com softwareupdated[334]: SoftwareUpdate: Added foreground transaction [0x1] for OSXUpd10.10.2-10.10.2
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"PKLeopardPackage <file:///Library/Updates/031-17157/OSXUpd10.10.2Patch.pkg>",
"PKLeopardPackage <file:///Library/Updates/031-17157/FirmwareUpdate.pkg>"
The last messages in this log are:
Feb 3 14:33:07 larsmbpro.domain.com Software Update.app[2747]: Running /sbin/reboot
Feb 3 14:33:07 larsmbpro.domain.com softwareupdated[334]: Removing client SUUpdateServiceClient pid=2747, uid=0, installAuth=YES rights=(system.install.apple-software, system.install.apple-software.standard-user, system.install.software, com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.modify-settings), transactions=1 (/System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software Update)
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