I can't install Lion, it says a recovery system cannot be created

I downloaded Lion completely and my mac already restarted itself for installation.
Once it was installed, the notification says that the recovery system cannot be created.
What should I do ?

I had similar issues.
The following article pointed me in a better direction:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20081398-263/os-x-10.7-cannot-be-installed-on-certain-drives/
I tried to go the partition route, but for some reason the operation failed.
I decided to attempt a Lion install again afterwards anyway, but once again it failed, but now my whole system was hosed and could not revert back to Snow Leopard.
I did a restore from time machine. Once that completed, I attempted to install Lion again, and ta da! it works now.
What a pain.

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Can't install Lion get the message "recovery system can't be created" -see picture of my screen

So I have been trying to install Lion for 2 days. The screen below is what I keep getting. Here's what I have done so far...
1.) Delete files (I have now have about 50GB free)
2.) Complete all updates (running 10.6.8)
2.) Disk Utility repair with Snow Leopard CD
3.) Remove Lion and re-download
4.) Went to the www.apple.com/support/norecovery page, but the solutions didn't seem to help or really apply to my problem
No matter what I do, the following occurs:
1.) Starts installing (says it has 33 minutes to go)
2.) Gets to about 29 minutes and I get the screen below!
I even went to the Apple store today and tried some of this with a One to One assistant, he couldn't resolve it either and hadn't seen this message before with anyone else. When he asked a "Genius" he told me to delete more files. But that didn't help either!!
HELP!!!!

Hi!
I Have a macbook pro 13' core 2 duo 2.53Ghz and am getting the exact same reaction!
it's been a few hours since i've been trying to install lion. Download took about 2hrs and everything fine until, each time i've tried, announcing exactly "33 minutes" and popping up that screen a few minutes after a stuck "29 minutes"
Anyone has ideas?
I've seen a lot of threads and thought it might be because of that Paralell windows 7 i never use. But I even tried deleting it all and the problem persists. I'll be at the apple store tomorow and try to figure something out.
this is just not fair...
my screen:
Yet... I'm still really excited about Lion! I'm pretty sure this nightmare will be worthy after all! Thanks for helping out!

I can't install Lion into my mac

Before installation to occur, a message pops up saying: "INSTALL FAILED Mac OS X cannot be installed o the disk Macinstosh HD because a recovery system cannot be created"
anybody having the same prob? can you help me install Lion??? thanks!

Check your free space on your hard drive, you need to have 7GB free. If you have enough disk space run disk utility on your hard drive to verify/repair also repair your permissions.http://support.apple.com/kb/SP629

I have deleted safari on os x 10.7.1 , and now I can not install it , he say " This update requires mac ox 10.6 "

I have problems in the Safari browser , and I have deleted the program using the "Clean My Mac" App and now I can not install it , he say " This update requires mac ox 10.6 "
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Upgrading to Snow Leopard
You must purchase Snow Leopard through the Apple Store: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Apple Store (U.S.). The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will be sent physical media by mail after placing your order.
After you install Snow Leopard you will have to download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 to update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and give you access to the App Store. Access to the App Store enables you to download Mountain Lion if your computer meets the requirements.
     Snow Leopard General Requirements
       1. Mac computer with an Intel processor
       2. 1GB of memory
       3. 5GB of available disk space
       4. DVD drive for installation
       5. Some features require a compatible Internet service provider;
           fees may apply.
       6. Some features require Apple’s MobileMe service; fees and
           terms apply.
Actually, you cannot download Snow Leopard. You downloaded a Snow Leopard updater.

Can't install Lion! Can't do anything now!

Can't install Lions as it says disk needs repairing. Can't repair it, can't erase it! Tried restoring from Time Capsule. It finds the backups but then can't find the HD to restore to.
Now totally screwed! Any suggestions?

Lengthy visit to Genius Bar today. Had to erase disk completely (soooooo glad I have Time Capsule) and reinstall a Known Good version of Lion onboard. Then a 4 hour reload of last backup from Time Capsule. All good now.
Well done to Will @ Cardiff Apple Store!!!

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A friend of me has a problem with his MacBook: When he want's to install lion it says the volume he selected can't be used for installation of Lion.
Has somebody an idea what he can do to fix this problem out? That would be very helpful
(I'm sory for my bad english that's because I'm from Germany)

go to www.apple.com/support/no-recovery. I have a boot camp partition. I'm looking all over the internet and have found people are having problems installing Lion with boot camp partitioned. I don't want to earase my entire hard drive just to install it on my macbook. I have an iMac which installed and had no boot camp.

I own two i macs. I bought and installed Lion on one computer. How can I install Lion on the other computer without additional charge?

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Can I install Lion on mac mini 4.1 late 2009 ?

How can I install Lion on a mac mini Model 4.1 late 2009 ? I erased OX 10.6.8. Have tried numerous times. Iam using the usb card from apple store.

Does the Mini meet the Lion system requirements?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4949
If so, what specifically happens when you try to install it?

Just bought Illustrator and can't install it. Says installed in the pop up thing but it isn't anywhere on my computer or accessible through my web browser. been o hold for half an hour on so called "Live Chat"

Just bought Illustrator and can't install it. Says installed in the pop up thing but it isn't anywhere on my computer or accessible through my web browser. been o hold for half an hour on so called "Live Chat"

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My old IMAC is a few years old. Just bought a new one OX 10.8.2. The old one is OS X 10.5.8. Can I install Lion or ewuivalent and then synch both on ICLOUD. Or is there another way to synch the two computers.

My old IMAC is a few years old. Just bought a new one OS X 10.8.2. The old one is OS X 10.5.8. Can I install Lion or equivalent and then synch both on ICLOUD. Or is there another way to synch the two computers.

You can use Migration Assistant in Applications > Utilities to get all your files from one iMac to the other. If you want to upgrade your older model to MtLion you need to have at least a mid 2007 Intel Core 2 Duo with a bare minimum of 2GB of RAM. Then you need to buy the Snow Leopard 10.6.3 DVD , update with
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at which point you can access the App Store to purchase and install MtLion 10.8 where you would then have access to the iCloud.

I can not install Lion or Snow Leopard on my mac book pro

I can´t install Lion or Snow Leopard on my mac book pro. I tells me that it can not install because :can not get the extra components required to install mac os x.

Dec 31 22:56:47 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: @(#)PROGRAM:Install PROJECT:Install-686.2
Dec 31 22:56:47 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: @(#)PROGRAM:IA PROJECT:InstallAssistant-209
Dec 31 22:56:47 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: Hardware: MacBookPro5,3 @ 2.80 GHz (x 2), 8192 MB RAM
Dec 31 22:56:47 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: Running OS Build: Mac OS X 10.7.2 (11C74)
Dec 31 22:56:47 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: Env: PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
Dec 31 22:56:47 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: Env: PWD=/
Dec 31 22:56:47 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: Env: SHLVL=1
Dec 31 22:56:47 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: Env: __OSINSTALL_ENVIRONMENT=1
Dec 31 22:56:47 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: Env: CI_DEFAULT_OPENCL_USAGE=0
Dec 31 22:56:47 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: Env: OS_INSTALL=1
Dec 31 22:56:47 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: Env: _=/System/Installation/CDIS/LCA.app/Contents/MacOS/LCA
Dec 31 22:56:47 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: Using distribution archive from /Volumes/Image Volume/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg
Dec 31 22:56:49 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: Using product <OSInstallDVDProduct> based on media at /Volumes/Image Volume at distance 10
Dec 31 22:56:49 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: Using product <OSInstallESDProduct> based on distribution at /Volumes/Image Volume/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg at distance 5
Dec 31 22:56:49 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: Checking Software Update catalog URL http://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-lion-snowleopard-leopard.m erged-1.sucatalog
Dec 31 22:56:49 localhost diskmanagementd[332]: DM ->T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: inUDS=0x1144acc30=disk0s2=Mac os X
Dec 31 22:56:49 localhost diskmanagementd[332]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootable=1            (bootable right now without any further action)
Dec 31 22:56:49 localhost diskmanagementd[332]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootCapable=0         (bootable if you call MKCFPrepareBootDevice)
Dec 31 22:56:49 localhost diskmanagementd[332]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootSurgeryRequired=0 (for primitive MBR on BIOS, add boot block and loader)
Dec 31 22:56:49 localhost diskmanagementd[332]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMFSSurgeryRequired=0   (for primitive MBR on BIOS, add boot block and loader)
Dec 31 22:56:49 localhost diskmanagementd[332]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMNewfsRequired=0       (bootable with MKCFPrep but it will rudely carve)
Dec 31 22:56:49 localhost diskmanagementd[332]: DM <-T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: MKerr=0 out=4=0x4
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Dec 31 22:57:04 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: Using product <OSSoftwareUpdateCatalogProduct> from product keys 11C74_ServerEssentials at distance 25
Dec 31 22:57:06 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: Created IATool object:15d114d0
Dec 31 22:57:08 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: Preventing machine sleep.
Dec 31 22:57:08 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: Using product IA_PKSecureNetEnabledProduct <file://localhost/Volumes/Mac%20os%20X/Mac%20OS%20X%20Install%20Data/> at distance 5
Dec 31 22:57:08 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: Using mutable product path: /Volumes/Mac os X/Mac OS X Install Data
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Dec 31 22:57:42 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: Failed to verify Danish.pkg: xar_verify failed
Dec 31 22:57:42 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: Retrying file://localhost/Volumes/Image%20Volume/Packages/Danish.pkg after 1 failure(s)
Dec 31 22:57:42 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: Retrying file://localhost/Volumes/Image%20Volume/Packages/Danish.pkg after 2 failure(s)
Dec 31 22:57:42 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: Retrying file://localhost/Volumes/Image%20Volume/Packages/Danish.pkg after 3 failure(s)
Dec 31 22:57:42 localhost Install Mac OS X Lion[343]: Failed to retrieve file://localhost/Volumes/Image%20Volume/Packages/Danish.pkg (Error Domain=com.apple.PackageKit.PKFileDownload Code=3 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.PackageKit.PKFileDownload error 3.)")
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I can't install Lion. Nobody (include genius bar people) can't know how to resolve this problem. Interesting?

I can't instal Lion. After restart my MBP try start and freeze on silver screen with apple sign. Nobody know how resolve this problem. I talk for 3 hours to Apple technical support, online support. I was at Apple Store on Genius Bar. NOTHING. If in Apple is somebody who know?

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Can't install Lion from usb to my mac pro!!!

I created a USB boot disk per instructions and when it boots on my Mac Pro all it goes to is the Safari Only interface with no options to install anything. Just to be sure I boot to the same USB on my Macbook Air and I get the OS X Lion install options/interface so the USB key works.
I have a brand new 3TB drive as the install disc. I did boot to a Snow Leopard install disc so that I could format the drive correctly as the USB key didn't give me those options. In any case I can't install Lion for some reason to this machine. Any ideas?
It's a 2.8Ghz Quad Core Mac Pro bought in Oct of 2008.
Thanks!!

It's not specifically hardware specific. But IIRC the Air computers used a special version of Lion, at least when Lion first came out.
Try this, use LionDiskMaker to create the USB installer.
Serial Serveur » Lion DiskMaker (US)
See if that creates a usable USB stick.

I can't install Lion because Macintosh HD can not use it as a startvolume. please help!

I can't install Lion because Macintosh HD can not use it as a startvolume. please help!
greetings from Austria ;D

http://www.apple.com/support/lion/installrecovery/
And this link for How to create Lion Recovery Drive just went MIA / "404"
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4713
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
You can also use the OS X Lion installer from the Mac App Store to create an external bootable drive, complete with a Recovery HD partition. See this article for more details. This approach will, at least, create a bootable drive with Recovery HD which you can carry with you in case you need to use Internet Restore or make use of the other utilities Recovery HD provides.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4649

I can't install Lion, I get the "No Recovery" message.

I can't install Lion, I get the "No Recovery" message. I do not have a boot camp partition. I have backed up and completed a clean install of Snow Leopard. Lion would still not install. Please help?

Did you completely erase your drive when you reinstalled SL? If not, I would make sure that you erase the drive completely. Then install SL and make sure you run Software Update. If you already did all of those, then do it again, but this time make a bootable drive for Lion using the Lion OS X Install App. I believe you can find instructions on how to do that by searching this community or doing a google search.
Once you have a bootable drive of Lion, then shut your machine down. Plug in the bootable drive and turn the machine on. Once you hear the tone hold down 'C' until you see the spinning clock/bars. The Lion Install menu should appear. If not, try going to the Apple icon and select Startup. Next a window should appear showing your bootable drive. Select that and follow the directions.
Make sure that when you reinstall SL that you don't restore any of your Apps or files yet, wait to do that once you have Lion installed.

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