Hi everyone,
I have a Late 2011 MBP running Lion 10.7.5 with a 250GB Apple SSD. There is no recovery partition on it. I would like to wipe it clean and reinstall the OS X. How can I do this without a recovery partition? I do not want to upgrade to Yosemite either since I have heard about systems running slower with Yosemite. Please advise.
Thank you!
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)
"Some drive partition configurations can result in the OS X Installer reporting that it cannot create a Recovery System. If this happens, you might want to quit the installation and create an external OS X hard drive with a Recovery System first. You can continue installing OS X on your computer's startup drive after creating an external Recovery System."
From here > OS X: About OS X Recovery
Keep in mind, Apple no longer provides security updates for older OS X such as v10.7 Lion.
Not everyone that updates to Yosemite experiences a performance slow down.
reinstall OS X with no recovery?
