Mavericks won't install, says SSD is bad

Attempted to update to Mavericks to day on newer Macbook Pro with Retina display. Installer says Macintosh HD is bad. When I go to Disk Utility is wants me to repair volume but repair button is not available so it says erase Macintosh HD but when I try to erase is will not erase saying it can mount the drive. Basically Catch 22. Not way to do anything with machine. Any suggestions?

Hey there DBond65,
It sounds like you are definately on the right track. If you are booted into your Operating System you will not be able to repair it for some issues. You would ned to boot to the recovery partition, and do the repair there.
This will help you get to the recovery partition:
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, and then click Continue.
From: OS X Mountain Lion: Erase and reinstall OS X
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11273
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
All the best,
Sterling

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