Snow Leopard install failing

[mgriffin]

My drive crashed in my macbook pro so I replaced the drive. Format of the drive is correct but when I try to install snow leopard I get a failure as soon as it starts the install process. Could this be a bad hard drive?

 

[wrldwzrd89]

More likely that the partition scheme isn't GPT, which is required.

 

[mgriffin]

I set up and partitioned the drive extended(Journaled) and selected GUID as the instructions state.

 

[old-wiz]

But what failure did you experience? What error message?

 

[satcomer]

Are installing this on an Intel Mac? Which Mac are you try to install 10.6.x onto?

 

[benthewraith]

My drive crashed in my macbook pro so I replaced the drive. Format of the drive is correct but when I try to install snow leopard I get a failure as soon as it starts the install process. Could this be a bad hard drive?

Are you making sure to install from the recovery disks or are you trying to install from the Snow Leopard upgrade disk?

 

[mgriffin]

Are installing this on an Intel Mac? Which Mac are you try to install 10.6.x onto?

I am installing on a mid 2009 Macbook Pro Intel. I have tried the recovery disc and a new copy of snow leopard. None seem to want to work. It fails in the exact same spot every time just as the install starts.

 

[old-wiz]

What is the failure? A message? or does it just hang?

 

[mgriffin]

What is the failure? A message? or does it just hang?

It gives no real reason. Just says software failed to install. Just a big FAILURE on the screen with a reboot button.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

It gives no real reason. Just says software failed to install. Just a big FAILURE on the screen with a reboot button.

Open the Installer Log, and have a look at it. (Press +L to open it.) Set the detail level to All. Does that tell you anything useful? Even if you're unable to decipher it, save it somewhere, and let one of us look it over.

 

[mgriffin]

Open the Installer Log, and have a look at it. (Press +L to open it.) Set the detail level to All. Does that tell you anything useful? Even if you're unable to decipher it, save it somewhere, and let one of us look it over.

I'll give this a try today. I was also thinking of making a ghost image of the drive on my other macbook pro and install from that.