[dnanian]

Does Time Machine - Apple's own solution for doing backups - copy the recovery partition, Mark?

If a "different" or "changed" recovery partition worried Apple, they would be copying it. But they don't. They recreate it during restore.

Similarly, I'm not trying to be a "pain in the butt". I'm trying to do the right thing. Yes, I know "how" to copy the recovery partition. But the question is: is copying it the right thing to do?

All the "external" signs from Apple basically point to "don't copy or access the recovery partition", as far as I can tell...