OS X Mavericks Install Failed

[Jim Jardashian]

Hello. Yesterday, I decided to upgrade lion to Mavericks on my 2009 MacBook Pro. I downloaded it fine from the AppStore. After I clicked install, I received this.


I tried restarting the install and the same message appeared. I Tried repairing "Mackintosh HD" in Disk Utility but it's not repairable without me wiping my HD. I didn't think of backing up my hard drive prior to downloading Mavericks. I rebooted my Mac while holding CMD R. I'm given these options.

I attempted to reinstall OS X Lion but my recovery HD and Mackintosh HD are "locked."

How can I successfully install mavericks or lion and preserve my data ?

 

[windows8suks]

https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=18481143#post18481143

Follow the instructions here...let me know how it went.

 

[clukas]

hmm, you may want to have a look at some recovery software. Having spoken to some people, Spinrite seems to come recommended https://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm. I heard that they were working on a version to be compatible on OS X, but Im not 100% sure. I have not used this personally, but maybe someone on this forum has and could provide some more information.

 

[blueroom]

How can I successfully install mavericks or lion and preserve my data ?

You've not backed up your data since 2009?

Change the drive in your MacBook before you do anything else, install Mavericks. Put the existing drive in a USB enclosure for recovery.