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lion will not install

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Mrsimey7

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hey guys i downloaded lion
but when it came to installing i can't hit the install button, or select a drive,
it says for my macintosh HD-"this disk cannot be used to start up your computer"
please help
 
If Snow Leopard was installed as NTFS at some point (I know I have), Lion may not be able to install. I can't confirm this as my current Mac will be staying as OS X Snow Leopard.

Go into "Disk Utility" and click on the HDD. It'll be the first tabbed item. At the bottom it says "Mount Point:," "Format" etc. If the Format reads HFS+, Max OS , Mac OS Extended or anything like that you're likely okay. If it reads FAT32, NTFS or something else you may need to perform a clean install of Lion by reinstalling SL as Mac OS Extended.
 
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