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Will CCC clone the "Recovery HD" partition on Lion? |
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When performing a block copy of a Lion volume, CCC will clone the Recovery HD volume. CCC will not clone this volume in an ordinary file-level backup. You can, however, recreate this partition using Apple's "Lion Recovery Disk Assistant" tool.
"Do I need to clone the Recovery HD partition if I have a CCC bootable backup?"
Your CCC bootable backup offers more "recovery" functionality than the Recovery HD because it is not only a fully functional installation of Mac OS X, it's your installation of Mac OS X — the one with all of your stuff. If you boot from your CCC backup, you can
- Repair filesystem problems on your startup disk using Disk Utility, or even third-party utilities
- Reinstall Lion via the Mac App Store installer
- Get access to your data and get some work done while waiting for a replacement hard drive to arrive should your original disk fail
- Restore your CCC backup to a replacement hard drive
The Recovery HD partition isn't going to work for you if your entire hard disk fails, and an Internet-based recovery service is going to be slow, even with a fast Internet connection. Your CCC backup will serve you quite well in lieu of a clone of the Recovery HD partition.