Macbook won't install mavericks

I have a mid 2010 Macbook (the white model, last regular macbook to be made) and it won't install Mavericks. It currently has Snow Leopard installed because this is the only OS it will accept, any newer OS downloaded from Apple gives me the same error message while trying to install "Install failed, restart your computer and try again" and no matter how many times I try it won't allow me to install either Mountain Lion or Mavericks. I should also note that this laptop seems to be failing, the magsafe port is broken and the laptop won't charge, but will accept the plug as a power source and the DVD drive was broken and has been removed. Please help because this Macbook used to be running Mavericks just fine, but after a wipe of my HDD and an attempted reinstall it became glitchy and broken. I have also verified and repaired the disk countless times and nothing fixes this issue. Is my HDD failing? I just need to know so I can fix the problem, Apple charges too much for simple repairs

It was is lion or 10.7, now when I start up it goes straight to the maverick installation prompt. It goes through this for a few minutes then comes up installation failed. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance. So for some reason it's not allowing the installation of new so to be completed but I think it may have gone to far to restore old OS.

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as long i can recall , i bought it end of that year . if there is a place in the computer where i can see that. will be appreciated that info.
this is what i have in this MacBook:
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook4,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.1 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB41.00C1.B00
SMC Version (system): 1.31f1
Serial Number (system): 458457G95HS
Hardware UUID: EF3B747A-CC34-5B7C-8CAB-126D296A84D5
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
ntel ICH8-M AHCI:
Vendor: Intel
Product: ICH8-M AHCI
Link Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.10 Supported
ST9500420ASG:
Capacity: 500.11 GB (500,107,862,016 bytes)
Model: ST9500420ASG
Revision: 0002SDM1
Serial Number: 5VJC8S4Y
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Rotational Rate: 7200
Medium Type: Rotational
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
Writable: Yes
BSD Name: disk0s1
CARLO:
Capacity: 444.92 GB (444,923,547,648 bytes)
Available: 162.46 GB (162,461,315,072 bytes)
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /
CARLO 2:
Capacity: 54.71 GB (54,706,122,752 bytes)
Available: 54.65 GB (54,649,237,504 bytes)
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s3
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