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The recovery partition is hidden in both the Startup Disk system preference and the Disk Utility.
 
The recovery partition is hidden in both the Startup Disk system preference and the Disk Utility.
 
To view:
 
To view:
 
  diskutil list
 
  diskutil list
 
  /dev/disk5
 
  /dev/disk5
     #:                TYPE NAME                                   SIZE               IDENTIFIER
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     #:                TYPE NAME                           SIZE         IDENTIFIER
     0:                GUID_partition_scheme                   *320.1 GB   disk5
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     0:                GUID_partition_scheme               *320.1 GB     disk5
     1:                EFI                                                 209.7 MB     disk5s1
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     1:                EFI                                 209.7 MB     disk5s1
     2:                Apple_HFS LION BOOT DISK           319.2 GB      disk5s2
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     2:                Apple_HFS LION BOOT DISK             319.2 GB      disk5s2
     3:                Apple_Boot Recovery HD               650.0 MB      disk5s3
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     3:                Apple_Boot Recovery HD               650.0 MB      disk5s3
  
 
In the example above slice 3 is the recovery parition.
 
In the example above slice 3 is the recovery parition.
  
 
To boot into this partition hold the ATL key when rebooting and select the Recovery volume or hold Command-R when rebooting to boot directly into the recovery partition.
 
To boot into this partition hold the ATL key when rebooting and select the Recovery volume or hold Command-R when rebooting to boot directly into the recovery partition.

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The recovery partition is hidden in both the Startup Disk system preference and the Disk Utility. To view:

diskutil list
/dev/disk5
   #:                 TYPE NAME                            SIZE          IDENTIFIER
   0:                 GUID_partition_scheme                *320.1 GB     disk5
   1:                 EFI                                  209.7 MB      disk5s1
   2:                 Apple_HFS LION BOOT DISK             319.2 GB      disk5s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD               650.0 MB      disk5s3

In the example above slice 3 is the recovery parition.

To boot into this partition hold the ATL key when rebooting and select the Recovery volume or hold Command-R when rebooting to boot directly into the recovery partition.