Unable to install Lion on iMac 27" i7 (2010) - no recovery system

I tried to install Lion in my 27" iMac i7 (2010), but the install process cancels, because it's unable to create the recovery-system. The suggested URL for support (www.apple.com/de/support/no-recovery) doesn't exist. What now? And better ASAP!

I managed to install Lion after doing the following steps:
(1) Remove Boot Camp Partition - Boot Camp Assistant > Remove Windows Parition
(2) Repair Permission - Disk Utility > Repair Permission (for main HDD)
Lazlow wrote:
Found out what my problem is!
In creating the Recovery HD, the installer was trying to write a new boot.ini onto my Windows partition, but I have mine formatted in NTFS, so it couldn't write anything to it. I guess that's what Apple meant by me "tampering" with my Boot Camp installation. So I guess I just have to reformat the partition in FAT32 and I should be good to go.
Ref: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1191078&page=2
So if you're having the same problem as I'm, you can try these steps to install Lion.

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