iMac Restore Disks with Lion Preinstalled

[yustas]

So my understanding is that new iMacs with Lion factory installed come without restore disks. Is that correct? If it is, what am I supposed to do if something goes wrong and I need to reinstall default apps that came with it or the OS? Don't you need SL install disks to install Lion?

 

[rdsii64]

restore disks

Since Lion came preinstalled on your mac, the app store should recognize that fact. You may be able to down a copy free and make a disc. Try it and see what happens.

 

[yustas]

Since Lion came preinstalled on your mac, the app store should recognize that fact. You may be able to down a copy free and make a disc. Try it and see what happens.

How does Apple expect people to restore the system to factory settings without the restore discs?

 

[dukebound85]

How does Apple expect people to restore the system to factory settings without the restore discs?

internet recovery combined with app store

And no, SL is not required for Lion. Create a bootable USB drive for lion and you can install on a clean hdd

 

[yustas]

internet recovery combined with app store

And no, SL is not required for Lion. Create a bootable USB drive for lion and you can install on a clean hdd

Internet recovery does not work with iMacs, it is for the new hardware only (Minis and Laptops), or so I have read.

 

[dukebound85]

Internet recovery does not work with iMacs, it is for the new hardware only (Minis and Laptops), or so I have read.

Ah good point but lion does create a recovery partition no?