Install Failure--Unable to create recovery

I've been trying to install lion on my macbook air and get an error message at the end that it didn't install because it couldn't create a recovery copy. I followed the directions to deal with this (created a bootable external hard drive that has a recovery copy) and I can't get past this point.

As noted in my question, I had followed the instructions in About Lion Recovery to install Lion on an external drive and then tried to install Lion on my internal drive. When I did that before, I booted from the internal drive and, as noted, had the same failure message. I thought perhaps I should boot from the external drive in Lion and then try to install Lion on my internal drive. This resulted in the same failure. I remain baffled.

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Unable to create recovery disk using media creation on hp pavilion g6 2236tx

i am attempting to make recovery disk of my notebook through hp media creation i am using DVD disks for the same but the problem is that when the processing bar reaches almost 99percent it shows error message that unable to create recovery disk try again later!
please help!

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11gr2 silent install error - Unable to create a new central inventory direc

I am working on SLES 11 SP2 on zLinux and I am trying to install oracle 11gr2 silently. I was able to install the GI and it is running but when I try to install the oracle binaries I keep getting this error:
[FATAL] [INS-32035] Unable to create a new central inventory directory : /opt/oraInventory.
CAUSE: The central inventory location provided is not empty.
The GI install created /opt/oraInventory and all the files are in there. I even changed the owner from grid:oinstall to oracle:oinstall but that did not help. When I did the install on SLES 11 SP1 I did not get this error.
I am running this command to install oracle: /runInstaller -silent -ignorePrereq -showProgress -waitForCompletion -responseFile /tmp/db_install.rsp
drwxrwx--- 6 oracle oinstall 4096 Apr 2 10:42 oraInventory
drwxrwx--- 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Apr 2 10:39 ContentsXML
drwxrwx--- 3 oracle oinstall 4096 Apr 2 10:41 backup
drwxrwx--- 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Apr 2 10:41 logs
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-rwxrwx--- 1 oracle oinstall 1650 Apr 2 10:41 orainstRoot.sh
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cat oraInst.loc
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Unable to create recovery disc, after burn failed to verify

I had tried thrice to create recovery disc in DVD but every time MSG comeing some error is there unable to verify
Kindly Help
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Manish

Recovery partition is meant to be used on a working system, it can however be used in a different manner but is difficult for most people unless you are a computer geek of sorts.
See this thread on how someone used the files from the restore partition to recover to a new hard drive, you would need another working Windows PC to do this.
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Operating-Systems-and/Another-System-Restore-question/m-p/1945...
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W540, Windows 8: Unable to create recovery media

Hello,
today I received my new worklaptop, a W540 with Windows 8 installed.
The first think I wanted to do was to create recovery media (I'm going to re-install on a SSD). However, trying to run the Windows 8 "Create recovery media" tool, as sugested by Lenovo, results in the following:
The option "Copy the recovery partition ..." is grayed out, and I can not select it. Pressing Next results in the following:
What am I doing wrong ?
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You should be able to order recovery media from support. They usually charge for the media but in this case they may not. I can't speak for them - you'll have call and see how it goes...
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Folio 13-2000 unable to create recovery media due to known SSD corruption bug

My folio has been freezing and periodically showing the 'no boot drive' message. I tracked it down to the critical Softpaq sp60976. I tried to create recovery media (USB flash drive), but it fails at about 19% completion and says it cannot continue. The SSD firmware update requires a secure wipe of the drive, but I won't have anything to put back on it.
My computer is out of warranty by a year. Is there really no recovery media, even for purchase, from HP? I'll take DVD, as I can attach an external DVD drive.
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Unable to create recovery disk

I have Leovo G530 35U 3000 series laptop. When I tried to create recovery disk by clicking "Create Product Recovery media" , a new window for creation appear. But the check box for "product recovey disk you are going to creae are for this conmuer use only" and ok button get diactivated.
Is there ny other option to create prouct recovery disk?
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Re: Unable to create recovery media flash drives

I recently purchased a new Toshiba netboo NB305-N440BL and upgraded to Windows 7 Home Premium. Using the "Create Recovery Media" wizard, as suggested, I attempted to create the recovery media on two flash drives. The flash drives were brand new and had never been formatted.
When inserted the "wizard" program stated that the Flash drives needed to be formatted, but when I asked that they be formatted, the program said that there was an error and they could not be formatted. I then formatted the drives using Windows Explorer Disk Management, reinserted the drives and received the same "...needs to be formatted, but wouldn't format ..."message. I also received "error code 040E2D-00-00000000".
I Googled this error message and found two others who had the same problem with their Toshiba net books when they attempted to create the back up material. There were no responses to their requests for help.Is there another approach to making the back ups?
Thank you

I finally gave up and returned the computer to tech service at Fry's where I bought it.They found that the OS did not recognize the flash drives at any of the USB ports, so they exchanged the computer for a new one ( I was still within the 15 days after purchase for a return) and the new computer works perfectly, Thanks for all the suggestions.

G60-535DX Notebook ~ Unable to create Recovery Discs

I have a HP G60-535DX Notebook, running Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit, Service Pack 1.
I have tried to create recovery discs by going to Recovery Manager and clicking on Recovery Disc Creation. When I get the screen that says Splitting System Image, it never goes beyond 9%, even when I let it run for over an hour.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
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Hello JimCon,
I have read your post on how your notebook computer is not able to successfully create recovery disks, and I would be happy to help you!
Since your computer gets stuck at 9% for great lengths of time, I recommend contacting our technical support at 1-800-474-6836. If you live outside the US/Canada Region please click the link below to get the support number for your region.
http://www.hp.com/cgi-bin/hpsupport/index.pl
I hope this helps!
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T61 - Unable to create recovery discs

I'm trying to create a set of recovery discs for my Thinkpad T61, but when I run the Create Recovery Media software, the CD drive never shows up as an option to select as a recordable drive. The dropdown list remains blank no matter what I do. I have tried various types of media and nothing seems to show up for any of them. Am I missing something, or is there something else that I need to try?

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Time Machine Failure - Unable to create backup directory

I've been using time machine for months with no problems. It seems like since I went to the 10.5.2 update I started having problems.
Time machine fails and says a problem occurred creating a backup directory. I'm running an external drive formated to the MAC Extended Journeled. I also set my computer share name with no punctuation and no spaces.
Today I got the failure and I ran repair disc in disk utility and it could not repair the disk. So I erased it, rebooted and reconfigured time machine.
Started running the backup and about 30 minutes into it stopped with the same error.
Any thing I can try?

Seems I have same problem, I came here for the answer, only to find there appears to be none!
I started off with a new 250Gb internal drive, 50 "Real" Gb to Boot Camp, rest to Mac. Re-installed from original Apple install disks to TIGER, then upgraded to LEOPARD with the Apple upgrade disk that came with the machine as an uninstalled upgrade. All firmware and software updates up to date.
First tried a Maxtor 4+ ext 750Gb Firewire drive for Time machine, 400Gb to Time Machine, other partition for other stuff. Every backup failed with Time Machine, same as the unfortunate gentleman in the pages above. Super-Duper backup to that same drive/partition worked perfectly.
So I bought a 250Gb 2.5" Western Digital drive, put it in a USB/Firewire case and tried that, but every time same problem. It would stall once 123.85Gb of 143.8Gb completed, and get no further. After a few days a reboot or forcequit was needed to stop the process, and on attempting to restart time machine later would only get to about 32kb and fail stating there was not enough space on the drive. (123Gb already backed up, only 19Gb to go, and 106Gb free on the backup drive)
I have re-formatted (Standard Mac extended/journalled format) the drive several times now, and always same result. I have checked the drive, repaired it, and written it over with Zeroes after formatting even, still same resuly, exactly 123.85Gb into the backup it stops and goes no further. I have tried with both the firewire, and the USB plugged into the drive, same result. Time Machine does not even have the courtesy to report which file it got stuck on, so that I could manually delete it if that was the problem. Anyone found the answer to this yet?

Unable to create recovery media

Starting the Option to Create the recovery media I only get an application crash in "rrmedia.exe". Is there any other way to create the recovery media? Or is it possible to simply reinstall something?

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Unable to create recovery media on a new T440

Hello,
I am new here. I have a brand new T440 which I am populating and customising.
I created a new partition on the HDD using MiniTool Partition Wizzard. That may have created the problem - I can't create the recovery media. I get a message that the files are not there. I should have done it before partitioning - too late now.
However, using the Partition Wizzard, I can assign a drive letter to the Recovery partition, and it becomes visible in Windows Explorer (File manager). I can copy the content on an external HD drive.
If I ever need to do recovery - will it work from this? Has anybody tried this before?
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jfranek wrote:
I will try your suggestion and request it from Lenovo Support. Thanks.
Were you able to obtain factory recovery media?
Please let us know how things turned out.
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Unable to create recovery discs

HP Pavilion DV9910US
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When I try to go through the Recovery Manager program to create my recovery discs, I'm given the following error message:
"Softthinks CD Creator has stopped working"
It then informs me that Windows will find a solution and let me know if/when one is found.
Sounds like I have a program that's fouled up, but not sure which one. Never heard of this Softthinks CD Creator, only the Cyberlink DVD suite that came preinstalled. Help?

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Unable to create recovery disks

Hi,i just purchased a HP Probook 4320s and i would like to create a recovery disk set as soon as possible so if i need to go back to factory settings i can do,however when i followed the instructions to do so on this site it says go to start>all programs> recovery manager. But when i go to start>all programs there is no recovery manager to be found.I did a search for it and system restore comes up with the option to reformat to factory settings but no option to burn a set of recovery disks.Am i looking in the wrong place or could it be under a different heading? I have a Probook 4320s.please help.Thanks

Hi,
Please read the 1st post by Paul_Tikkanen in This Thread as I believe it also applies in your case.
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