Hi Adrian, On 10/03/2012, at 8:41 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote:
> My humble apologies Ronnie, my last reply was done in a hurry and was largely > a case of going off half cocked. > > I checked for the recovery partition as you suggested and as you suspected > there is not one. This was a bit of a surprise to me; could it have gone > missing when the HD was replaced a few weeks ago? Yes, this could happen if, as I mentioned in my previous email: If you cloned your old Hard Drive, the Lion Recovery Partition got wiped out in the process (it will do that because both CCC and SuperDuper can only clone one partition and don't recognise the other partition because it is hidden). The Recovery HD will only be created if you install Lion on the drive using the Lion installer. Restoring a backup will not create the Recovery HD. You need to install Lion on a New Hard Drive FIRST, then Restore/ Migrate either from your Bootable Clone or a Time Machine Backup. If you saved your Lion “InstallESD.dmg” and created a bootable Flash Drive you should have started from that after you installed the new Hard Drive. Then after you had installed Lion from the USB Flash Drive, you could have restored your data to the new Hard Drive from your Time Machine backup or CCC/SuperDuper backup. > I am downloading the 10.7.3 combo Update and will see if it will restore the > partition. I’m not confident this will re-create the Lion Partition, but worth trying first before other options. Cheers, Ronni > > I will be attending a workshop for board members of the NFP charity I have > been involved with for the last 12 years which will take up a large part of > the day so I will report back later. > > Thanks again! > > > Regards, > > > Adrian > > [email protected] > > > On 10/03/2012, at 7:38 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> Hi Adrian, >> >> You are making it more difficult for me to keep helping, by not including my >> previous text 'thread' in your replies >> I have to keep referring back to what I have already sent you. >> >> How did you install Lion first? >> Did you create a Recovery Partition in the initial install? >> Does your computer only have ONE partition? >> >> Sounds like you might not have installed the 'Recovery Partition HD' when >> you installed Lion. >> The Recovery HD will only be created if you install Lion on the drive using >> the Lion installer. Restoring a backup will not create the Recovery HD. >> >> The recovery partition is a hidden partition to take the place of the old >> disks if you need to run diagnostics or repairs. >> >> If you cloned, it got wiped out in the process (it will do that because both >> CCC and SuperDuper can only clone one partition and don't recognize the >> other because it is hidden). >> >> You do need the Recovery Partition HD for the Find My Mac feature to work, >> also File Vault. >> >> To check whether you do or don't have the partition. >> Restart with the Option key held down - if you are not presented with an >> option to boot from the recovery partition, you don't have it. >> >> If that is the case, you 'might' be able to reinstall Lion without having to >> Wipe your Drive. >> But first you could try running the Lion 10.7.3 Combo Update over top of >> your Lion install and see if that re-creates the Recovery Partition. >> <http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1484> >> >> I will be returning home sometime today, but until then I will be offline >> again. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> Sent from Ronni's iPad >> >> On 09/03/2012, at 3:57 PM, Adrian Skehan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Under Find My Mac it says "Recovery partition required" >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> >>> Adrian >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 09/03/2012, at 3:14 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks Ronni! >>>> >>>> I am still having the same problem, I have downloaded the Recovery HD >>>> Update twice but when I try to install it there is a error message that >>>> says "Lion Recovery Update can't be installed on this disk. An error >>>> occurred while evaluating the JavaScript for the package" >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> >>>> Adrian >>>> >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
