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Switcher Hangout (Windows to Mac)
I've always wanted one
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1302305"><p>As for the DVD backup, you don't get one anymore (if your machine came with Lion, as it would have having bought it new).</p><p></p><p>As for backup, Apple only offers a way to boot to the Emergency Recovery Tool (story and link: <a href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/08/apple.posts.lion.recovery.disk.assistant/" target="_blank">Apple posts tool to make Lion Recovery USB drives | Electronista</a>). You'll need a small thumb drive (1GB or more). This replicates the Emergency Recovery partition already on your hard drive (but hidden until you need it). If something were to happen to your system but not hard drive failure, the built-in recovery partition will help you fix it and/or restore from your external Time Machine backup (because you DO have one, RIGHT??).</p><p></p><p>Should your hard drive ever fail completely, the thumb drive with the Recovery Partition on it does the same job, and will let you restore from your Time Machine backup to a new hard drive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1302305"] As for the DVD backup, you don't get one anymore (if your machine came with Lion, as it would have having bought it new). As for backup, Apple only offers a way to boot to the Emergency Recovery Tool (story and link: [url=http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/08/apple.posts.lion.recovery.disk.assistant/]Apple posts tool to make Lion Recovery USB drives | Electronista[/url]). You'll need a small thumb drive (1GB or more). This replicates the Emergency Recovery partition already on your hard drive (but hidden until you need it). If something were to happen to your system but not hard drive failure, the built-in recovery partition will help you fix it and/or restore from your external Time Machine backup (because you DO have one, RIGHT??). Should your hard drive ever fail completely, the thumb drive with the Recovery Partition on it does the same job, and will let you restore from your Time Machine backup to a new hard drive. [/QUOTE]
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