Hi Sarah, The Knowledge Base page on using Apple's Recovery Disk Assistant is here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4848
The recovery tool doesn't get copied to the flash drive. It will wipe the contents of your flash drive though, I believe. Cheers, Esther On Jul 29, 2012, at 3:56 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Hello to all. question. Do I need to copy the recovery tool to the flash > drive first or what do I need to do to get this to work. I don't want to lose > any data on my internal drive. Any help please? Thanks. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>