Andy yes, as Apple needs to verify it's you who will be reinstalling the Os. The Usb key sounds the way forward though as it sounds like no connection is required since you are burning the operating system image to a Usb key.

On 29/07/2013 19:56, Andy Collins wrote:
Thanks Chris - this sounds the most strait forward method as appose to those 
suggested by Anne and Sarah, [I thank both for their input too] I'm hoping I 
never need to do this, but do need to know what to do if trouble strikes. Will 
I need an internet connection for a reinstall, I can't think why I might?  -

Andy
On 29 Jul 2013, at 19:17, Chris H <[email protected]> wrote:

Andy, when you hear the startup chime hold down command r for at most 30 
seconds, might be much less on an Air though. The recovery partition should 
boot up and you can start VoiceOver with command f5. The rest should be self 
explanatory but if not please ask for further help.

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