So my late 2010 21.5" iMac's hard drive is failing, and disk utility is telling me "This drive has a hardware problem that can't be repairs. Back up as much of the data as possible and replace the disk. See and authorized Apple retailer for more info"
I have just bought a new hard drive to replace the existing one, however when using an app called Disk Drill, i have noticed that "Macintosh HD" has 2 partitions one is "Macintosh HD" and the other "Recovery HD" when formatting the new hard drive, do i need to have 2 partitions or just one? After quite a few hours googling, everywhere is specifying just 1 partition, but surely the "Recovery HD" is important if something like this were to happen again?
I have just bought a new hard drive to replace the existing one, however when using an app called Disk Drill, i have noticed that "Macintosh HD" has 2 partitions one is "Macintosh HD" and the other "Recovery HD" when formatting the new hard drive, do i need to have 2 partitions or just one? After quite a few hours googling, everywhere is specifying just 1 partition, but surely the "Recovery HD" is important if something like this were to happen again?