HT202696 Trying to reset to factory settings it says could not find installation information for this machine contact Apple care
Trying to to reset to factory settings to set up the installation it says could not find installation information for this machine contact Apple care. What does this mean
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I can't seem to reinstall OS X Mavericks after trying to restore my IMac to factory settings. It said, "Could not find installation information for this machine."
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I would like to repartition the Main HD to two Partitions but could not do so and keep on getting an error message of "Could not unmount disc.." so I tried choosing the "Macintosh HD" partition and tried Partitioning it but the option is not available. So to my frustration I tried clicking on "Erase" to see whether doing so would allow me to finally partition my HD but still can't. And now since I erased my Macintosh HD partition I could no longer boot to Lion.
Before doing the above steps I downloaded the Lion Recovery Disc Assistant and created an external Recovery HD using an 8GB flash drive. I used this as startup destination by choosing it as boot destination from pressing Option before startup. I tried using Mac OS X Utilities to Reinstall Mac OS X from the external drive but I only get "Could not find installation information for this machine." message. I also tried booting from the Recovery HD partition on the HD but i also get the same message.
I have a new iMac that came with OS X Lion 10.7.
Anybody have idea how to fix this?Partitioning on-the-fly may fail if the disk is too fragmented. You cannot run Erase for the internal disk as it contains its system components. The same if trying to run Boot Camp in order to create the Windows partition, it may fail if disk is too fragmented.
If I correctly understand what you want, then you must boot from an external disk, therefore copy Lion to a 4 GB (or higher) flash drive, run the installer, and then choose the option to partition the disk, this is done after rebooting into the installer from the external drive. You cannot do that if the Lion installer is on the internal drive as it cannot erase or repartition itself.
If this fails (did you try this?), then perhaps you can try to create a Lion boot flash or DVD by using a non-Apple app called Lion DiskMaker, when ready restart, after chime press option / alt key, then choose to boot from this newly created boot disk or flash drive. This reportedly works OK (tried with an older version of Lion, not recently, was OK). It is better to work with a flash drive, Lion is not optimized to run from optical media.
WARNING: disregarding the method, you MUST always back up your data when repartitioning or installing / reinstalling.
Hope this helps to solve you issue. Before any attempt, backup, backup, backup. -
Trying to install OSX and i get "could not find installation information for this machine" what do i do?
someone will be by to edit, in the meantime, NEVER post your serial number.
They wanted you to go to the Hardware section of System Profile and the part that looks like
MACBOOK PRO N,1
Anyone here has Mac Pro of 1,1 thru 6,1
http://www.everymac.com is a good place to look at model specs and history of that model, max RAM and other features. -
I am trying to work with Application settings. I would just like to put together a very simple example of using these, but I can't get the most basic example to work. Virtually every tag regarding the new Settings produces an Error "Could not find the schema information for the element "applicationSettings". or the element "Settings" etc. etc. I am not using IIS, this is not a Web Project, and I am not working with User Settings. Just simple read-only Application Settings. I've read every MSDN page regarding this subject, I don't see that I am missing a reference - HELP !!!
REPRODUCING THE PROBLEM:
Step 1. Create a new C# solution and Windows Forms project.
Step 2. Add a reference to System.configuration
Step 3. Right click the project, choose Properties, then Settings.
Step 4. Using the Settings Designer, create ONE setting called "MySetting" as a String with the value "MyValue".
RESULT: Observe the Errors like these, complaining about all of the Settings tags and elements.
Message 1 Could not find schema information for the element 'applicationSettings'.
Message 2 Could not find schema information for the element 'LoadOriginalLists.Properties.Settings'.
Message 3 Could not find schema information for the element 'setting'.
HERE IS MY APP.CONFIG, AS GENERATED BY THE SETTING DESIGNER TOOL:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="applicationSettings" type="System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsGroup, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" >
<section name="LoadOriginalLists.Properties.Settings" type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>
<applicationSettings>
<LoadOriginalLists.Properties.Settings>
<setting name="MySetting" serializeAs="String">
<value>MyValue</value>
</setting>
</LoadOriginalLists.Properties.Settings>
</applicationSettings>
</configuration>Ummmm... okay so these are Messages that are in the Error List. Whether or not they are actually Errors is debatable. They are in the Error List, so they are errors.
The application runs, so my question is slightly changed to the following.
I would like to use Application Settings. However, having settings in my app.config pollutes my Error List with a bunch of meaningless messages like "Could not find the schema information for...". These messages then hide real errors.
Am I missing some setting or is there something I can do to make Visual Studio not show me these messages? -
My phone screen is cracked and my LCD is broken. I need to reset to factory settings before I discard it, how can I do this? I was able to get it into recovery mode, I unconnected it from my Find my iPhone (i couldn't erase that way because I can't connect to WIFI with the screen not working). I clicked restore iPhone from iTunes, but it's been sitting on "Contacting the iPhone software update server..." for over 40 minutes. Should I restart this process or is it supposed to take a really long time? Thanks!
My phone LCD is broken and I need to reset to factory settings before I discard it like how you did earlier but how do you got into recovery mode to unconnected it from your Find My iPhone as I can't connect to WIFI with the screen not working?
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TS3694 im trying to update my phone and it says could not be restored an unknoen error why is this
im trying to update my phone and it says could not be restored an unknoen error why is this
Hey alyreed22,
Thanks for the question. I understand you are having issues updating to iOS 7. The following articles may help you resolve the error message:
iOS: Troubleshooting update and restore issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1275
iTunes: Specific update-and-restore error messages and advanced troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694
Thanks,
Matt M. -
Hi There,
I erased my macbook and trying to reinstall it, i keep getting an error message "could not find installation for this machine" what must i do please?It is the internet connection.
Try again or another internet connection. -
when i tried to reinstall my lion to macbook pro 15'' and connect it to the net it says no installing information for this machine? what's that means??
The internal drive has failed.
Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service provider.
Back up all data on the internal drive(s) before you hand over your computer to anyone. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional — ask if you need guidance.
If privacy is a concern, erase the data partition(s) with the option to write zeros* (do this only if you have at least two complete, independent backups, and you know how to restore to an empty drive from any of them.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.
Keeping your confidential data secure during hardware repair
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the cover i bought is from the brand called iPearl and it supports the auto sleep/wake lid action but i cant find the settings for it in my settings>general. now my iPad wont sleep when i close the lid. how do i find the option for this action in my settings on my ipad?
The setting should only appear with the cover installed. Try settings> general> IPad cover lock/unlock> on. Thanks go to Diavonex and Chris CA from this earlier thread.
The sleep/wake function would not show in general to turn it on. I have a Targus case but the function will not work. What's going on? -
I'm trying to purchase my wishlist fron itunes,i keep getting the this error warning saying " could not purchase wishlist due to error in itunes store error 5002". anyone have a clue??
Click here and ask the iTunes Store staff for assistance. Only they will know why for certain.
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HP Mini 110 trying to reset to factory settings
Hello There,
I am trying to restore my HP mini 110 to factory settings due to a really bad virus. I have tried holding down all the "F" buttons and nothing has worked. Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can get it back to factory settings?Hi:
If tapping the F11 key at the beginning of the HP welcome screen fails to launch the recovery manager program, then you will need to order a set of recovery disks from HP.
Please see the link below for more info on that.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=bph07143&tmp_task=solveCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&lan... -
Tried to reset to factory settings virus won't let me..what do i do?
somehow was hacked. I'm trying to reset my computer to factory to wipe hard drive yet it will not let me after i held option down during the restart button down.
To do what you want you must boot from your Snow Leopard installer DVD.
Clean Install of Snow Leopard
1. Boot the computer using the Snow Leopard Installer Disc or the Disc 1 that came
with your computer. Insert the disc into the optical drive and restart the computer.
After the chime press and hold down the "C" key. Release the key when you see
a small spinning gear appear below the dark gray Apple logo.
2. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue
button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
After DU loads select the hard drive entry from the left side list (mfgr.'s ID and drive
size.) Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window. Set the number of
partitions to one (1) from the Partitions drop down menu, click on Options button
and select GUID, click on OK, then set the format type to MacOS Extended
(Journaled, if supported), then click on the Apply button.
3. When the formatting has completed quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed
with the OS X installation and follow the directions included with the installer.
4. When the installation has completed your computer will Restart into the Setup
Assistant. After you finish Setup Assistant will complete the installation after which
you will be running a fresh install of OS X. You can now begin the update process
by opening Software Update and installing all recommended updates to bring your
installation current.
Download and install Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1. -
My daughter forgot her password but her iPod was never synchronize with my iTunes library. We have followed the suggested steps but when it comes to restoring the settings it says 'cannot connect to iTunes support server'. We can't get any further than this. Any suggestions?
Was it really update server?
Try:
- Powering off and then back on your router.
- iTunes for Windows: iTunes cannot contact the iPhone, iPad, or iPod software update server
- Change the DNS to either Google's or Open DNS servers
Public DNS — Google Developers
OpenDNS IP Addresses
- Try on another computer/network
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startup disk fail
Not lame at all. It's annoying that in order to salvage a disk the "official" way is reformat it. It's just a lack of documentation.
Diskwarrior is actually a software from Alsoft. www.alsoft.com
It's been around for ages and usually it's the last resort when everything else failes.
If you don't have the software, you could try one option.
Restart the malfunctioning computer and press T when you hear the startup sound. This will start the computer in transfer mode. You will see a huge firewire icon on the screen that just floats there.
Connect the computer to a healthy mac with a firewire cable and it should appear as a HD, just as an external hard drive would. (don't worry if it doesn´t)
Open Disk utility and in the left pane the malfunctioned Hard drive should appear. Run disk repair on the HD if possible. Once the repair disk has finished, with our without errors, open a new finder window and select the external hard drive.
You could backup the data on the Drive at this stage onto the healthy computer... just to be safe.
On the root of the Malfunctioned Disk there should be a folder named "OS X install data" or something like that. Basically something that normally would not be there...
Delete that folder.
Run Disk repair once again in Disk Utility. If successful, reboot the machine and see what happens.
If that does not work at all, then perhaps you should consider purchasing Disk Warrior. Run the same process as before, connecting the malfunctioning mac via firefire, but this time run Diskwarrior on the healthy machine, locate the malfunctioning HD and select Rebuild for that Hard drive. It will take a little while but once its done processing it will ask you if you want to copy the new build, select yes. That did it for me at least.
I hope that helps. You could check the app store or search online for software that is similar to Diskwarrior, there's probably some app that does the same thing. The only reason I used Diskwarrior is it has proven a good utility for Mac breakdowns and I've used (rarely though) it for years.
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