Need to make a recovery partition or key for my 13" MBPro Lion?

greetings!

have brand new (bought in august 2011) 2011 13" macbook pro laptop came pre-installed mac os x lion, 1 of first batches have lion pre-installed.

see these posts , articles creating recovery partition or usb recovery key. need of stuff???? it's impression hard drive has recovery partition.

need of stuff if swap out hard drive larger model hard drive?

if so, please provide me right link instructions.

insight!

 

when download lion app store once on desktop time have made usb2 thumb drive or dvd installer follow steps in article how make bootable lion install disc or drive.

make backup need external (that connect fastest port on mac) , use "clone" of os x (that can boot using system preferences->startup disk) using either free application carbon copy cloner or shareware superduper.

smart have bootable backup in case hard drive go south. way 1 still boot mac , try repair internal disk or decide replace disk. best thing clone cloned new internal , pick right 1 left off before old internal crashed.

lion revcory hidden partition (when mac running lion) has /applications/utilities/disk utility on lion image install again (for messed os x lion on main startup drive. imho problem if drive goes south hidden lion recovery not work. if steps in apple article resolve startup issues , perform disk maintenance disk utility , fsck replace drive.

 

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