#FILE RECOVERY MAC OS X 7 FOR MAC#
#FILE RECOVERY MAC OS X 7 PLUS#

#FILE RECOVERY MAC OS X 7 FOR MAC#

This is a BIG problem for Mac owners who need stronger assurance of data security. Without 'Recovery HD', File Vault 2 cannot be enabled anymore. the disk will NOT be encrypted (this is right thing to do IMO). A Mac with File Vault 2 previously enabled will also be restored with File Vault 2 disabled i.e. When a Lion Mac is restored from Time Capsule via the Time Machine application, as of 10.7.2, the 'Recovery HD' will NOT be recreated. The only way to start a Time Capsule restore is to boot from a Lion Installation DVD (or USB), if you had one made from the downloaded Lion installation app from the AppStore (instructions are widely written in web articles, please search the web). Therefor, once File Vault 2 is turned on, your Mac will loose the ability to boot 'Base System Install'.

The 'Recovery HD' of a Mac with File Vault 2 does not contain 'Base System Install,' but only CoreStorage components and a minimal kernel for authenticating a user to Core Storage, to get a File Vault 2 (Whole-Disk-Encryption) protected disk mounted. The main purpose is to allow partitioning a hard disk and restoring the system from a Time Capsule via the Time Machine application.

#FILE RECOVERY MAC OS X 7 PLUS#

The 'Recovery HD' of a Mac without File Vault 2 contains 'Base System Install', which is a minimal OS X kernel plus useful utility applications (Disk Utility, Time Machine, Network Utility, Pasword Utility). For Macs with File Vault 2, only holding down the Cmd+R key combination will boot 'Recovery HD.' If the recovery disk 'Recovery HD' is proper, booting up a Mac without File Vault 2 while holding down the Option key will result in listing 'Recovery HD' as an alternative to 'Macintosh HD' for booting the machine up. It does not show up in Finder, and not even 'Disk Utility.' The recovery disk is 650MB in size (as of 10.7.2), of partition type Apple_Boot, and therefore, will be hidden during normal usage by OS X user interface. File Vault 2 and embedded 'Recovery HD' disk are new additions to OS X in Lion release.ДЄ fresh OS X Lion installation creates 'Recovery HD' by live re-partitioning 'Macintosh HD'.

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