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Re:OS X Lion’s Internet Recovery tool is one more nail in th... by talmand on Thursday July 21, 2011 @09:43AM (#2789439)
What happens if the hard drive crashes and the partition is not available? A visit to the Apple Store I guess?
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Re:OS X Lion’s Internet Recovery tool is one more nail in th... by quanticle on Thursday July 21, 2011 @10:17AM (#2789567)
As stated elsewhere, its not a hard drive partition. The download software is built into the EFI firmware, so it'll work even with a completely blank hard drive.
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