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The reality is that Disk Utility lies. There is a recovery partition it hides from you. What you're describing is impossible without a relatively huge EFI parti
by drivebyacct2 14y ago
The reality is that Disk Utility lies. There is a recovery partition it hides from you. What you're describing is impossible without a relatively huge EFI partition, or net boot.
- ricardobeat 14y agoOn the most recent macs, it works even on an actual empty HDD. The core utility is baked into the firmware, and then downloads the rest of itself (the hidden partition part) over the internet. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
- drivebyacct2 14y agoOh biscuits. I see. Thanks for the info/link.