{"id":196,"date":"2016-07-07T08:48:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T08:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macintosh-data-recovery.com\/blog\/?p=196"},"modified":"2021-03-25T02:55:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T02:55:33","slug":"recover-missing-recovery-hd-partition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.macintosh-data-recovery.com\/blog\/recover-missing-recovery-hd-partition\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Restore Mac when Recovery HD Partition is Missing?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Summary: <\/strong>This blog helps you restore the Mac when recovery partition is missing or not found. <\/em>

Do avail the trial version of Stellar Data Recovery Professional software if need for data recovery arises.

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Recovery HD is a hidden partition on your macOS and OS X. In times of macOS corruption or other notorious troubles where OS doesn\u2019t perform as expected, you can use the Recovery HD to restore Mac to default settings. However, restoring Mac OS X will remove all the data that exists on your hard drive. On a brighter side, it will eliminate the macOS corruption and Macintosh HD will be occupied with a fresh copy of OS X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tip: Backups are recommended <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Restoring a Mac is as simple as anything<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Press Option<\/strong> key before startup<\/li>
  2. Click Recovery<\/strong> HD <\/strong><\/li>
  3. Select \u2018Reinstall<\/strong> macOS<\/strong>\u2019<\/li>
  4. Click \u2018Continue<\/strong>\u2019<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    With the above wizard, the Mac will be restored to macOS. The process is simple and intuitive since the Recovery HD partition is easily accessible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    How Recovery HD goes Missing?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This hidden but helpful partition may get deleted when Apple’s hard drive is partitioned incorrectly. Other instances of loosing or deleting Recovery HD would be the installation of Windows OS, Linux OS on the hard disk drive. At times, the user also loses the Recovery HD by accidentally wiping it from the Mac.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In absence of Recovery HD partition, it is almost impossible to restore a Mac unless a bootable USB isn\u2019t available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Startup Menu!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Check whether your iMac or MacBook computer is still showing a workable Recovery HD? Use the below steps for locating the Recovery HD partition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Switch off the Mac system and turn it on again<\/li>
    2. Without delay, press the Option key to launch Mac\u2019s startup drive menu<\/li>
    3. Once the startup drive menu is loaded you may locate the Recovery HD alongside your startup disk. However, if the Recovery HD is missing then you can confirm its loss or deletion<\/li>
    4. Restart macOS since Recovery HD isn\u2019t found<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Mighty Terminal!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n