Mac OS X fails installation on good hard drive
Hello everyone.
I bought a MacBook Pro Mid 2009 with Samsung EVO SSD 830, 256GB.
It all went well, running OS X 10.9, but it still had the account of the previous owner,
so i decided, why not run the original installer DVD (Leopard), update to Snow leopard,
and then to Mavericks, so i would have a clean install. After re-installing Leopard everything
went well, and i came into the OS. I put my OS X Snow Leopard disk in , and it started installing.
Then it rebooted, and said something went wrong with the installation. After hours of trying, formatting
my hard drive etc, i tried to boot into Leopard, but i couldn't. so after i popped in my Leopard disk and formatted the disk,
hitted install, it said: "the installer is experiencing errors installing onto Macintosh HD.". So i went to disk utillity, and tested the
disk, and it says its ok.
Any idea? I have a disk of Snow Leopard, Leopard, and a copy of Mavericks on my Apple-account.
Thanks in advance!
Rinse
Hello TheRinseM,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
If you want to erase and reinstall OS X, follow the steps below.
Erase your Mac, then reinstall OS X using the built-in recovery disk. Before you erase, back up your essential files. If you’re installing on a portable computer, make sure your power adapter is plugged in.
Important: To reinstall OS X, you must be connected to the Internet.
Choose Apple menu > Restart. Once your Mac restarts (and the gray screen appears), hold down the Command (⌘) and R keys.
If you’re not connected to the Internet, choose a network from the Wi-Fi menu (in the top-right corner of the screen).
Select Disk Utility, then click Continue.
Select your startup disk on the left, then click the Erase tab.
Choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) from the Format menu, enter a name, then click Erase.
After the disk is erased, choose Disk Utility > Quit Disk Utility.
Select Reinstall OS X, click Continue, then follow the onscreen instructions.Reinstall OS X
OS X Mavericks: Erase and reinstall OS X
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14243
Take care,
Alex H.
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