Under the usb installer disk util you can see the partition, If you eraise or partition the drive from the drive level then you will wipe it.
Not something someone should do unless they know what they are doing. It makes getting to the recovery difficult. -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Wednesday, 17 January 2018 6:25 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: update on my partition issue Don't know how one loses a recovery partition but since its a hidden one, executing the "diskutil list" command in terminal will display a list of volumes, including the recovery partition if it exists. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan (1934-1996), Contact E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 1/16/2018 3:27 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > It's usually difficult to erase that partition, but not impossible. The only > way to regain the Recovery partition is to reinstall the MacOS. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jan 16, 2018, at 16:23, The wolf <hank.smith...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello I was able to get the drive partitioned > > how ever I think I accidently erased the recovery partition > > I do have a usb bootable yosemity > > that I made so I can just install that and then upgrade from there > > as far as the recovery partition is it possible oto reinstall the recovery > partition? or is that not a option now? > > thanks > > Hank > > -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.