HT4854 Install failed OS X could not installed on your computer

OS X Mountain Lion couldn't be installed, because the disk Macintosh HD is damaged and can't be repaired

I experienced the same thing and solved it.
In my case the problem was a corrupt mountain lion install dmg file downloaded from the app store. This specific installer corruption issue was experienced by thousands of users who downloaded ML from th MAS during a specific time period. The problem was exactly what you describe and the solution was to delete the copy of mountian lion, re-download it from the app store, and install. By the way, all my data was perfectly intact once i installed a good version of ML.
I mention this because it is a whole lot easier that torching your drive or any of the other crazy things people told me to do when trouble shooting the problem. I'm glad i started with the basic stuff first. You need to be able to get to the app store to redownload it. You can create a useraccount on any mac and login with your apple id to download it. If you don't have another mac then a trip tot he apple store for a usb might be an option.

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You should be able to install Mac OS X 10.7 or later on your 2011 MacBook Pro without issue, if it came with 10.6.3 as your signature suggests. Mind you, any 2011 MacBook Pro must use the original 10.6 installer disc labelled MacBook Pro if it desires to have 10.6 installed on it. The retail installer disc will not work on that model, nor will one from another age MacBook Pro, or other model labelled installer. Also
10.7 came both on USB Flash drive and Mac App Store installer versions. Both required either 10.6.6 minimum be pre-installed, or no Mac OS X operating system on the drive or partition it was to be installed on.
10.7.1 through 10.7.5 combo could be installed only once 10.7 had been installed. A combo update is available for installing on top of any version of 10.7. Otherwise only the preceding version could be updated to the next.
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HT4718 infinite loop error installing lion internet recovery "Install Mac OS X" window. " Install Failed Mac OS X could not be installed on your computer - Restart"

Hi all,
my macbook pro became extermily slow for some reason, I rebooted it many times and same problem so I decided to reinstall the Mac OS X lion from the internet.
I tried installing lion internet recovery, it downloaded it and restarted. I got the "Install Mac OS X" window. then while installing I got the sad message " Install Failed Mac OS X could not be installed on your computer" and the only botton is "restart". Everytime I restart I gor the same message. Now I am trying to start from the harddisk but I does not show when you start the pc, keep clicking the "alt" botton. It only shows "Mac OS X Installer" and "Recovery HD". What Should I do?
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Thanks Baltwo.
I could format it and get the back up from time machine but it is not up to date so I want to leave it at last.
I tried to back it up on external hard drive and got an error, tried CCC for back up and error again.
Just wanted to do an update on the subject. Still trying to get it back.

Error: "install failed mac os x could not be installed on your computer"

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"install failed mac os x could not be installed on your computer
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the log file was very vague, referring to errors writing package(s).
at first i thought it was a bad DVD drive as it was making a bunch of noise and taking a long time to boot. So i went and purchased a new DVD drive and successfully installed it. nope, same issue. then i pulled out all of my 3rd party RAM. nope. then i tried swapping the RAM into different configurations, nope.
after many many hours of various methods and re-partitioning, etc, just for the heck of it i replaced the harddrive, and it worked!
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So my Macbook was bought last December 2012. It's specs should be able to run Mavericks.
I've downloaded the software already, so far so good.
When installation starts, it fails and I get this message:
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Then I find the message above and tells me to go here:
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Then I try the solution in the 2nd link and still the installation fails.
Please note that I have a Windows 7 BootCamp Partition that I would as much as possible not delete or reformat as I have too many important stuff there.
Any ideas?

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Philly_Phan wrote:
My WAG is that you have a HD space limitation. I've never used Boot Camp so bear with me. Is there any way that you could back up the contents elsewhere so that you can reformat and repartition?
I have an External Hard Drive here but it's currently being used as storage space for some of my media. Is it possible to backup to a partition of an external hard drive?
I've never done it but it should be possible. Don't forget that a "partition" acts like a real drive and it is a real drive in every sense of the word except that it shares a physical disc with another drive.
Will try that once I get home from University later. Should I back up both OS X and Bootcamp into the hard drive or just one of them? Then reinstall Mountain Lion, then install Mavericks? Did I get that right?
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OS X could not be installed on your computer File system verify or repair failed

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1 x Mac Mini - blue screen upon restart. Still not fixed.
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Install Failed. Installer could not copy the necessary support files

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10.9 failed, so what was running before?
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Mac OS X could not be installed on your computer
the Installer could not copy the neccessary support files . ) the only thing I do is restart which I already did 5 times and I still get this error
I have been looking all over the internet and read everything but nothing worked -HOW CAN I FIX IT ?
Is there any chance that this has to do anything with the fact that I use to have windows which I deleted with boot camp . Before installing it again I tried to make partition to install Windows which for some reason didn't work ?
Thanks
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Help us understand what you are about. In your initial post your wrote:
I wanted to delete everything and reinstall it.
Why? Were you experiencing problems with the installation? Is the HDD in the computer the original drive that came with the computer?
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• With computer shut down insert install disk in optical drive.
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• Select language
• Go to the Utilities menu and launch Disk Utility.
• Select your HDD (manufacturer ID) in left side bar.
• Select Partition tab in main panel. (You are about to create a single partition volume.)
• Click on Options button
• Select GUID Partition Table
• Click OK
• Select number of partitions in pull-down menu above Volume diagram.
(Note 1: One partition is normally preferable for an internal HDD.)
• Type in name in Name field (usually Macintosh HD)
• Select Volume Format as Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
• Click Partition/Apply button at bottom of panel.
• Select Erase tab
• Select the sub-volume (indented) under Manufacturer ID (usually Macintosh HD).
• Check to be sure your Volume Name and Volume Format are correct.
• Click Erase button
• Quit Disk Utility.
Open installer and begin installation process.
If the above step by step directions don't work for you, your HDD may be defective.
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Mac OS X could not be installed on your computer

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If your Macbook Pro 2011 came with OS X Lion preinstalled, restart into Internet Recovery (Command+Option+R). You will see a spinning globe. Internet Recovery boots into Apple's server and loads their Recovery HD. From there you can use Disk Utility to erase your Macintosh HD, Verify Disk and Repair if necessary. Then at the OS X Utilities Menu select Reinstall OS X.
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