Mavericks install problems - repeatable

I have attempted to install Mavericks on my iMac 7,1 twice now with the same result. The software will download and install until the progress bar reaches one minute, at which point it may take 5-15 minutes to complete. Following that the system reboots, I get the chime followed by the spinning progress wheel and then the boot hangs. I'm left with an iMac at a white desktop with the Apple logo, I can go no further. This has happened twice and my Time Machine backups have restored my machine both time. I very hesitant to attempt again without understanding the problem.
My machine configuration is:
Model - 7,1 (20")
OS 10.8.5
RAM - 4 GB
141/500 GB disk free
Thank you,
Bob

I had this issue on a Mac mini. I chose to use the Recovey boot, restored my system a few times...rinse..repeat...
At this point I ran Disk Utility instead of restoring my mac. I noticed that the Mavericks disk image was laoded, so I thought that I would try to boot holding down the OPTION key, and hope that the Mavericks disk appeared in the Starup Manager. It did. I chose to boot from the Mavericks disk, on the starup volume screen, and the install proceded without a hitch - all of my settings, files and programs were intact after the update to Mavericks.
I am having Spotlight indexing issues now, but I see others are ahving the same problem, so I don't think it's related.
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