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Creating an Encrypted Bootable OSX Lion USB Recovery Disk

With Apple's latest operating system release 10.7 - Lion they have included a number of new features which make it a bit more convenient to both backup and secure your data in case of a failure.  In this short post I'll explain how to use a generic external drive to make a secure bootable disk for your mac. First a disclaimer and some assumptions regarding your setup.  I have used these instructions to get a working disk on my setup - but this does not mean that the same steps will work for you, so use caution - and if anything goes wrong please feel free to add to these steps. I am also assuming that you are using the latest operating system patches for OSX and I'm at version 10.7.2. Step 1 - Connect and prepare your external USB drive. Connect your USB disk and open disk utility. Change the formatting scheme of the disk to include two partitions, a 1GB partition, and a partition using the remaining disk space.  I named one as RECOVERY and one as TIMEMACHIN