Mac mini upgrade from beta problem

i update my Mac mini from beta version and get problem when installing it show this ...
any advice. Please

Apple sold or sent out some disks like yours.
I don't know what others have done so I'd call Apple.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5740666&#5740666
http://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?objID=c235&search=Go&q=BootCamp

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