Q: Rebuild recovery partion
Hi all,
Since building my macbook pro from a time machine backup, I have no recovery partition. Not sure if the time machine recovery is the cause, or that the guy who had this (work) laptop before me accidently wiped it.
I've tried using the "Recovery Partition Creator" script repeatedly, but this hasn't worked. It's getting quite urgent to get recovery back as I'm running into several issues that require me to have the partition:
- Disk errors on my internal drive that need fixed
- Need to encrypt my hard drive
- Trying to resize my internal disk so I can install El Capitain next to my current OS X. I need to test before I lose access to work functionality (previous version could not be installed as it doesn't like our proxy for example).
Happy to go all the way to "clean" and then recover bits from tiem machine, but no clue how to get things right :-(
Any ideas?
Posted on Jul 26, 2016 2:57 AM
I sense that you are not the first user or 'owner' of this MBP. If that is that case, I suggest the following:
Backup all of your data.
Erase the HDD and boot into Internet recovery (OPTION + COMMAND + R) which will connect you to the Apple servers. By following the directions, you will be able to erase the HDD and install the the original OSX that the MBP came with. The recovery partition should be created. ( I am assuming that the MBP is a late 2011 model or newer.)
Install a newer OSX (if applicable).
Reinstall your user data.
Ciao.
Posted on Jul 27, 2016 1:09 AM