Hi, your doing the wrong command. You hold down command R. hth Ricardo Walker ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On May 21, 2012, at 8:05 PM, William Windels <william.windels@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello all, > It seems not possible for me to boot me macbook , with 10.7.4. on, into > recovery mode. > I have a macbook with a external disc with the following partitions: > mountain lion (as developer), time-machine and a windows-partitions to store > data. > > To boot in recovery, I tought: > after the sound, I should press and hold the r but It seems I am booting > every time Lion, installed as main os on my hd. > > So, my question: > Is there another way to boot in recovery-mode then holding the r while > booting, (after the boot sound of the macbook)? > Or, while should this not work for me? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > kind regards, > William Windels> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >