Originally Posted By: grelber
...will Recovery HD be functional (and backed-up) by so doing?

Recovery HD isn't a part of OS X, rather it's a completely separate animal and will NOT, therefore, be backed up by Time Machine, nor will TM's running or not running during its installation have any effect on it...SHOULDN'T under expected circumstances, anyhow.

You can see in this Terminal excerpt that Recovery HD is a volume unto itself.

Code:
Artie's-MacBook-Pro-2:~ artie$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS HD                      99.5 GB    disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:                  Apple_HFS HD2                     299.9 GB   disk0s4
   5:                  Apple_HFS HDx                     50.0 GB    disk0s5
   6:                  Apple_HFS HDz                     49.6 GB    disk0s6

Artie's-MacBook-Pro-2:~ artie$

I'm not aware of any means to back up a Recovery HD other than with Carbon Copy Cloner.

Any other pertinent TM input will have to come from elsewhere.

Last edited by artie505; 01/07/18 05:33 PM. Reason: Add Terminal info
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.

In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire