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re: "Is there a way to preserve my Sierra 10.12 recovery partition?"

Q: Is there a way to preserve my Sierra 10.12 recovery partition?

leroydouglas replied:

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If you make a bootable USBinstaller from your download—it contains a Recovery partition.

Can that Recovery Partition be copied to the existing boot drive or must you do a fresh install?

Thanks!

Posted on Jul 28, 2020 6:15 AM

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Posted on Jul 28, 2020 7:13 AM

CCC 5 does it...

https://bombich.com/kb/ccc5/cloning-apples-recovery-hd-partition#:~:text=Use%20CCC%20to%20clone%20your,Click%20the%20Recovery%20HD...

https://bombich.com/kb/ccc5/system-requirements-carbon-copy-cloner

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Jul 28, 2020 7:13 AM in response to HeadShot

CCC 5 does it...

https://bombich.com/kb/ccc5/cloning-apples-recovery-hd-partition#:~:text=Use%20CCC%20to%20clone%20your,Click%20the%20Recovery%20HD...

https://bombich.com/kb/ccc5/system-requirements-carbon-copy-cloner

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Jul 28, 2020 6:20 AM in response to HeadShot

Fresh installation. You do not just copy items from the bootable USB stick.

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Jul 28, 2020 7:54 AM in response to VikingOSX

Thanks! I didn't think one could but "leroydouglas's" reply to the original post seemed to imply otherwise (imo).

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