Loading installation information osx restore stuck.

I Have been attempting to reinstall osx for over a day. I have the message Loading Installation Information stuck on the screen and has been for a really really long time.
i Have erased my disk as per instruction on another thread and then selected reinstall osx from the recovery menu.
i Have had the installer log throughout and it keeps complaining that a library was not loaded because the image was not found, the same error pops up every ten seconds or so.
i Would appriciate any help
thank you,
alec

Not knowing what you have done:
Install or Reinstall Mavericks or Mountain Lion from Scratch
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
OS X Mavericks- Erase and reinstall OS X
OS X Mountain Lion- Erase and reinstall OS X
OS X Lion- Erase and reinstall Mac OS X
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
            because it is three times faster than wireless.

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