It is part of the ROM. It can be done with a blank drive. http://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/20/internet-recovery-lets-new-macs-install-os-x-from-blank-hard-driv

It is part of the ROM. It can be done with a blank drive. http://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/20/internet-recovery-lets-new-macs-install-os-x-from-blank-hard-drive/ http://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/20/internet-recovery-lets-n... So the drive doesn't even have recovery on it.