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Do I need to create any kind of backup or rescue disk for my operating system? iMac came without any disk.
 
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Bill Gates Jr. said:
Do I need to create any kind of backup or rescue disk for my operating system? iMac came without any disk.
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Definitely reccomend getting Carbon Copy Cloner and creating a Bootable Clone/Backup of your HD.

EDIT: Depending on which OS version you are running you can either purchase disks (10.5 or 10.6) or create a bootable USB for Lion (10.7).
 
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Back up Disk

I have OS X ver. 10.7.4. How do I use a USB drive to back up? Is 8 G USB drive enough?
 
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Down loaded program and did backup on USB. Takes less than 1GB. Thanks for the help.
 
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You are welcome. :)
 

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