Well, I didn't even know Lion carried this Recovery Disk Assistant.
Thanks to your detailed post, I'll probably give it a try, but, you
know, I've been happy for years with SuperDuper (to the point of rarely
using Time Machine only to recover a file or so), that I don't feel it's
such an important event ( like Lion itself BTW)
On 09/08/11 01:46, Michelle Steiner wrote:
> <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4848>
>
> Summary
> The Lion Recovery Disk Assistant lets you create Lion Recovery on an
> external drive that has all of the same capabilities as the built-in Lion
> Recovery: reinstall Lion, repair the disk using Disk Utility, restore from
> a Time Machine backup, or browse the web with Safari. This drive can be
> used in the event you cannot start your computer with the built-in Recovery
> HD, or you have replaced the hard drive with a new one that does not have
> Mac OS X installed.
> Products Affected
> OS X Lion
> System requirements
> * A Mac running OS X Lion with an existing Recovery HD
> * An external USB hard drive or thumb drive with at least 1GB of free
> space
> How to use Lion Recovery Disk Assistant
>
> The Lion Recovery Disk Assistant will erase all data on the external drive
> when creating the Recovery HD. You should either backup your data before
> running the Lion Recovery Disk Assistant, or create a new partition on the
> external drive.
> If you need to create a new partition on the external disk
> Open Lion Recovery Disk Assistant and follow the on screen instructions to
> create a Recovery HD on the external drive.
>
> When the Lion Recovery Disk Assistant completes, the new partition will not
> be visible in the Finder or Disk Utility. To access the external Recovery
> HD, connect the drive, then restart the computer and hold the Option key.
> Select Recovery HD from the Startup Manager.
> Notes
> * If the computer shipped with Lion, the external recovery drive can
> only be used with the system that created it.
> * If the system was upgraded from Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard to Lion,
> the external recovery drive can be used with other systems that were
> upgraded from Snow Leopard to Lion.
> Additional Information
> To download the Lion Recovery Disk Assistant, click here.
> <http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1433>
>
> About Lion Recovery Disk Assistant
> Built right into OS X Lion, Lion Recovery lets you repair disks or
> reinstall OS X Lion without the need for a physical disc.
> The Lion Recovery Disk Assistant lets you create Lion Recovery on an
> external drive that has all of the same capabilities as the built-in Lion
> Recovery: reinstall Lion, repair the disk using Disk Utility, restore from
> a Time Machine backup, or browse the web with Safari.
> Note: In order to create an external Lion Recovery using the Lion Recovery
> Assistant, the Mac must have an existing Recovery HD.
> To create an external Lion Recovery, download the Lion Recovery Disk
> Assistant application. Insert an external drive, launch the Lion Recovery
> Disk Assistant, select the drive where you would like to install, and
> follow the on screen instructions.
> When the Lion Recovery Disk Assistant completes, the new partition will not
> be visible in the Finder or Disk Utility. To access Lion Recovery, reboot
> the computer while holding the Option key. Select Recovery HD from the
> Startup Manager.
> For detailed information on this update, please visit: About Lion Recovery
> Disk Assistant.
> Download:
> <http://support.apple.com/downloads/DL1433/en_US/RecoveryDiskAssistant.dmg>
>
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