Create Your Own Mac Recovery HD on Any Drive

The Mac Recovery HD can be created on any drive you like; not just the startup drive, but any internal or external drive you want. Learn how here.

How to Create a Recovery Drive to Rescue Your Failing Mac

Creating a Bootable Flash Drive With OS X Lion

Use Disk Utility to Clone a Mac's Drive

How to start your Mac in Recovery Mode

Tech Tip: How to Use Boot Camp on an External Drive

How to Restore Mac with the help of Recovery HD

How to Format a Hard Drive on Mac - SalvageData

How to repair a Mac disk with Disk Utility - Apple Support

Use Disk Utility to Clone a Mac's Drive

Hard Drive Recovery Tips: Recover Data from a Dead Hard Drive