pm-r

Just to add to this, if one isn't careful with the Lion Recovery Disk Assistant install, one could loose any preexisting data as I understand Apple's method.

From their kb support article: OS X Lion: About Lion Recovery Disk Assistant

"The Lion Recovery Disk Assistant will erase all data on the external drive when creating the Recovery HD. You should either backup your data before running the Lion Recovery Disk Assistant, or create a new partition on the external drive."

Trevor...

I tried the Lion recovery on a 25 Mbps cable connection and it took SEVEN hours to download, I would characterize that as completely useless.

The only way to make usable Lion media is with the install image buried in the App Store download.

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I downloaded it in under an hour on a 10 Mbps connection at work a few weeks back. I think it really depends on the server load at the time, among other factors. It's not always fast, but certainly doesn't always take 7 hours to download.

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pm-r

That seems a bit odd and super slow if that's your normal DL speed. Even an IPS's restricted speed of 10 Mbps should be able to do the Lion download faster than what you experienced, well in theory at least.

Maybe you hit the Apple's server at a super busy time??

But I just experienced a 10.6.8 Combo Update download last week at a clients place with a basic ISP speed packet, and it said 8 hours remaining and I went home and that's about the time it took and I went back the next day to complete everything. Yes, I had forgotten to take my USB flash drive with me that has the appropriate updates for any install.

I'd hate to think how long it would take to download any 4GB + Lion install and any large Lion updates for her older but just compatible iMac.

The G3 Man

I did internet recovery today, took 35mins. 25mbps connection.

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