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?
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Snow Leopard install failing
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wrldwzrd89
macrumors G5
I set up and partitioned the drive extended(Journaled) and selected GUID as the instructions state.
benthewraith
macrumors 68040
Are you making sure to install from the recovery disks or are you trying to install from the Snow Leopard upgrade disk?
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.
It gives no real reason. Just says software failed to install. Just a big FAILURE on the screen with a reboot button.
wrldwzrd89
macrumors G5
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.Open the Installer Log, and have a look at it. (Press
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.