Mountain Lion download corrupts hard drive!!

I am trying to re-download Mountain Lion to create a boot jump drive so I can reinstall Mountain Lion clean.  After download I can not open "mount" the installEDS.dmg file.  Error pops up stating invalid checksums and I can not complete the process of creating the boot jump drive.  I check Disk Utility/Verify Disk and see these results: Disk Utility/Verify Disk reports, Incorrect block count for file installEDS.dmg, Volume Bitmap needs minor repair, The volume is now corrupt and needs repair.
So.. I restart the computer through recovery hard drive option so that I can repair the disk.  I am able to successfully repair the disk. The computer is still working.
I repeat the Mountain Lion down load process, attempt to create the boot jump drive and again.... installEDS.dmg will not mount, invalid checksums.  I check Disk Utility/Verify Disk.   The volume is now corrupt and needs repair.  I repeated this 4 times (I have a slow connection DSL 6mb).  Same results! I repeated once on a different day (App Store server problems maybe?).  Same results! 
The reason I want to do a clean install of Mountain Lion is because I have constant kernel panics.  Kernel panics are (4 to 5) in an hour. When this happens I attempt to restart the computer.  After second computer restart (kernel panic upon first restart attempt), the computer will last a day without a kernel panic!  I have attempted to address the kernel panics, (removing 3rd party programs, latest updates, etc.) I can not pin down the problem. I have experienced kernel panics after sleep, kernel panics when shutting down or restart, kernel panics after turning off blue tooth, basically kernel panics under every application so far.  I have ran the hardware test, (from snow leopard CD), no hardware errors.  Ran memtest from single user mode, no memory errors.  I do realize that these programs may not catch bad hardware.. and will be contacting OWC for memory and drive support as another avenue. Computer specifications are:
MacBook Pro 7.1, Mid2010, 2.4 Ghz, Snow Lepoard 10.6.8, OWC 8g Memory purchased Jan 2012 (Offically 4 supported), OWC 240g SSD purchased May 2012  Everything worked flawless until mountain lion upgrade!
So I would like to reinstall Mountain Lion clean, but can not, because I can not down load a clean copy of Mountain Lion.  My only thought is to install Snow Leopard on another drive and re-download Mountain Lion on that.
Any thoughts on these questions:  Is the application corrupted?  Does my current install of Mountain Lion corrupt new downloads? Is it my hardware? (Will schedule a visit with Apple store as well, when I can get to Chicago)
In the mean time anyone else experiencing this?  If so any other suggestions?  Any help would be much appreciated! 

This is one from yesterday:
Interval Since Last Panic Report:  107011 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          1
Anonymous UUID:                   
Sat Sep  8 13:46:16 2012
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80122b7b95): Kernel trap at 0xffffff80122b0599, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffef80304b4d84, CR3: 0x0000000012900000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0x000000000001a6b3, RBX: 0xffffff8024641e00, RCX: 0xffffff80128e0500, RDX: 0xffffff80128c71d0
RSP: 0xffffff801f07bc20, RBP: 0xffffff801f07bc30, RSI: 0xffffff8024641e00, RDI: 0xffffef80304b4d80
R8:  0x0000000000001000, R9:  0x0000000000000fff, R10: 0xffffff801f07b950, R11: 0xffffff8030499420
R12: 0xffffff80304a9000, R13: 0x0000000000000001, R14: 0xffffff80128da160, R15: 0xffffff80304dc458
RFL: 0x0000000000010292, RIP: 0xffffff80122b0599, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0xffffef80304b4d84, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x0
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff801f07b8c0 : 0xffffff801221d5f6
0xffffff801f07b930 : 0xffffff80122b7b95
0xffffff801f07bb00 : 0xffffff80122ce4ad
0xffffff801f07bb20 : 0xffffff80122b0599
0xffffff801f07bc30 : 0xffffff80124f0d73
0xffffff801f07bc50 : 0xffffff80124f0c9f
0xffffff801f07bc90 : 0xffffff801231345c
0xffffff801f07bcc0 : 0xffffff80122f19ec
0xffffff801f07bd10 : 0xffffff80122f0fe1
0xffffff801f07bd50 : 0xffffff80122f14da
0xffffff801f07bdd0 : 0xffffff80122f9f68
0xffffff801f07be20 : 0xffffff80122f292a
0xffffff801f07be60 : 0xffffff801256508e
0xffffff801f07bed0 : 0xffffff8012571af2
0xffffff801f07bf50 : 0xffffff80125e17da
0xffffff801f07bfb0 : 0xffffff80122cecf3
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: launchd
Mac OS version:
12B19
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.1.0: Tue Aug 14 13:29:55 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.9.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 3005059E-270B-3B9F-940D-7A66C05DDC9D
Kernel slide:     0x0000000012000000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8012200000
System model name: MacBookPro7,1 (Mac-F222BEC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 63693410461406
last loaded kext at 54508159556366: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDC          4.1.22 (addr 0xffffff7f94444000, size 16384)
last unloaded kext at 54568276316649: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDC          4.1.22 (addr 0xffffff7f94444000, size 12288)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.60
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.0.9f8
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          122
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.3.0f2
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.0.9f8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU          2.0.2d0
com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.12.69
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.3.0f2
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.2.6
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight          170.2.3
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.10
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.0.33
com.apple.GeForce          8.0.0
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor          3.0.2d6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons          235.4
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          320.15
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard          235.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader          3.1.0
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache          34
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.5.1
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.4.0
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331          601.15.21
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet          3.2.5b3
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.9.5
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          5.1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI          5.1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          5.1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager          161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          196.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          4.0.39
com.apple.security.quarantine          2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          196.0.0
com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.6
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.5
com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.0.9f8
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.3.0f2
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.9fc9
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.3.0f2
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.3.0f2
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          86.0.2
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.0.9f8
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.2.0d16
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl          3.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.10d0
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal          8.0.0
com.apple.NVDAResman          8.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.4
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.3d11
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch          235.7
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          5.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          3.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass          3.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          5.1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          5.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI          2.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          500.15
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController          1.0.2b1
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          5.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          5.1.6
com.apple.driver.NVSMU          2.2.9
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          1.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.8.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox          220
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7
com.apple.driver.DiskImages          344
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          28.18
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.7
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0
System Profile:
Model: MacBookPro7,1, BootROM MBP71.0039.B0E, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.62f6
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 320M, NVIDIA GeForce 320M, PCI, 256 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x857F, 0x483634353155363446373036364700000000
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x857F, 0x483634353155363446373036364700000000
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8D), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.81.21)
Bluetooth: Version 4.0.9f8 10405, 2 service, 11 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: OWC Mercury Electra 3G SSD, 240.06 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8507, 0x24600000 / 2
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, apple_vendor_id, 0x8403, 0x26100000 / 2
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c  (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x06600000 / 4
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8213, 0x06610000 / 5
USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0x06500000 / 3
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0236, 0x06300000 / 2
From today, during a restart:
Sun Sep  9 02:37:46 2012
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff800aeb7b95): Kernel trap at 0xffffff800aeaf833, type 13=general protection, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x00007fdb2c266000, CR3: 0x00000000318f2000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0xffffff80f2dcbe00, RCX: 0x0000000000000041, RDX: 0x0000000000000019
RSP: 0xffffff80f2dcb7f0, RBP: 0xffffff80f2dcb7f0, RSI: 0xffffff80f2dcbe00, RDI: 0xa598000000000000
R8:  0xffffff80f2dcb9b8, R9:  0xffffff80f2dcb958, R10: 0xffffff801d197e0c, R11: 0x00000000000000c8
R12: 0xffffff80239de688, R13: 0x0000000000000019, R14: 0xffffff80d6ab9518, R15: 0xffffff800b4c56f0
RFL: 0x0000000000010202, RIP: 0xffffff800aeaf833, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x00007fdb2c266000, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x0
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80f2dcb490 : 0xffffff800ae1d5f6
0xffffff80f2dcb500 : 0xffffff800aeb7b95
0xffffff80f2dcb6d0 : 0xffffff800aece4ad
0xffffff80f2dcb6f0 : 0xffffff800aeaf833
0xffffff80f2dcb7f0 : 0xffffff800aee12b9
0xffffff80f2dcb840 : 0xffffff800aee1720
0xffffff80f2dcb870 : 0xffffff800b0f99c6
0xffffff80f2dcba90 : 0xffffff800af11634
0xffffff80f2dcbad0 : 0xffffff800aeeb75c
0xffffff80f2dcbb50 : 0xffffff800aeeb14e
0xffffff80f2dcbc10 : 0xffffff800af059d2
0xffffff80f2dcbd90 : 0xffffff800aefe66c
0xffffff80f2dcbf50 : 0xffffff800b1e17da
0xffffff80f2dcbfb0 : 0xffffff800aececf3
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: helpd
Mac OS version:
12B19
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.1.0: Tue Aug 14 13:29:55 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.9.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 3005059E-270B-3B9F-940D-7A66C05DDC9D
Kernel slide:     0x000000000ac00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff800ae00000
System model name: MacBookPro7,1 (Mac-F222BEC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 30627031623784
last loaded kext at 7566414095: com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0 (addr 0xffffff7f8cd03000, size 36864)
last unloaded kext at 111729601278: com.apple.driver.AppleMCP89RootPortPM          1.11 (addr 0xffffff7f8cc87000, size 24576)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.60
com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.0.9f8
com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.12.69
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          122
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.0.9f8
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.3.0f2
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.10
com.apple.GeForce          8.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.3.0f2
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight          170.2.3
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.0.33
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU          2.0.2d0
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.6.0
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor          3.0.2d6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons          235.4
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          320.15
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard          235.4
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache          34
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader          3.1.0
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.5.1
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager          161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331          601.15.21
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet          3.2.5b3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          5.1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.9.5
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          5.1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI          5.1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          196.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          4.0.39
com.apple.security.quarantine          2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          196.0.0
com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.6
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.5
com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.0.9f8
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          86.0.2
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.3.0f2
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.9fc9
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.3.0f2
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.3.0f2
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.10d0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.0.9f8
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl          3.2.6
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.2.0d16
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal          8.0.0
com.apple.NVDAResman          8.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.4
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.3d11
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch          235.7
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          5.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          3.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass          3.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          5.1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          5.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI          2.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.5.1
com.apple.driver.NVSMU          2.2.9
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          500.15
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController          1.0.2b1
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          5.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          5.1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          1.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.8.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox          220
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7
com.apple.driver.DiskImages          344
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          28.18
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.7
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0
Thanks for any help!

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  • Download mountain lion on replaced hard drive

    I need to download mountain lion on a replaced hard drive. how can I do this?

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    Yes, a backup before an upgrade of the operating system is always a good idea.
    If everything works perfectly, nothing should happen to your data. I don't know about you but I am never going to trust my data to everything working perfectly.
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  • Mountain lion reinstall after hard drive failure

    I bought a copy of mountain lion from the app store before hard drive failure. how do I download without having to pay again?

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  • How can I reinstall Mountain Lion on new hard drive?

    I've had to install a new hard drive as old one was failing.
    Have loaded Snow Leopard from disc onto the new drive but can't install Mountain Lion which I was running prior to drive failure; very frustrated.
    Have tried several options.
    1. Tried to reboot from OS X Utilities but whenever I restart, holding the cmd + R keys, I can only ever get the standard screen. I've tried pressing keys early in restart, later in restart, keys on either side of the keyboard, cmd + alt/option + R but still can't get to the OS X Utilities.
    2. Having given up on 1 I've tried to download ML from my purchase history in iTunes. I can see the purchase recorded but there appears to be no way to get to a reload option - at least not in the iTunes loaded from Snow Leopard
    3. I tried downloading ML updates, hoping that might allow me to bypass 1 and 2. The download wasn't recognised by my machine.
    4. I've be willing to just buy the **** OS again from scratch but iTunes won't allow me to do that either, at least not using my current Apple ID.
    Does anyone have any bright ideas? I hate bloody computers.
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    enigmatix wrote:
    Csound,
    Do you have any suggestions why I can't open OS X  Utilities.
    Thanks,
    Mike
    How old is your Mac, if it came with 10.6 installed it is too old to have Internet Recovery (command-option-R) And as it has a new hard drive you won't be able to use Recovery (command-R) either until a new copy of Mountain Lion is installed and ceates a recovery partition on the drive.

  • Battery life drops after Mountain Lion and then hard drive crashes. Coincidence?

    On October 20, I purchased and downloaded Mountain Lion for my 2009 MacBook Pro. I soon began seeing a decrease in battery life. When hovering over the battery icon to check the time left, I noticed it said "Service Battery". The notebook otherwise seemed to operate normally. I should also note that I've never had any other problems with this MacBook Pro. By November 18, without any other problems, the hard drive crashed and was irreparable, costing me over $200 for replacement. This should not be a part that needs replacement on a 3 year old computer. Coincidence that these events happened so close in sequence, I think not. If the battery problems are known to Apple through the discussions on the Support Communities, why hasn't Apple issued a patch 4 months after the release of Mountain Lion? The new hard drive was installed running Snow Leopard and I intend to keep that OS. It's really a shame because ML has some nice features that SL does not offer. I also will not be purchasing any new Apple OS until the program has been out at least a year to allow Apple to work out the known, potentially costly problems that they seem to knowingly ignore. I'm a loyal Apple customer but this incident will have me thinking twice before running out to purchase any of their products and software immediately upon release or even a few months after.

    Have you followed these instructions, specifically formatting your new HDD?
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ph11273
    Ciao.

  • AECS6 won't open in Mountain Lion on secondary hard drive

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    Using MA for moving Logic Pro/Express across is not a good idea.... as you have found.. because often all kinds of weird issues can arise..
    I would suggest you do a full uninstall of Logic.Express. (I assume you have Logic Express as there isn't an app called Logic Pro Express) using this post to guide you.. (its for Logic Pro but much of what is written applies to LE too..)
    http://www.logicprohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30524
    Then...
    You need to reinstall Logic Express via the DVDs (Remembering to do a software update immediately as the DVD version does not work with Lion or Mountain Lion..without updates)
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  • What's the difference between choosing "reinstall mountain Lion" and erasing hard drive and booting from base system?

    I would like to know what the difference would be with the following two scenarios, both starting from the command + R menu at startup:
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    I would like to know what the difference would be with the following two scenarios, both starting from the command + R menu at startup:
    1. Chose the picture of the mountain lion "reinstall osx mountain lion
    2. Erase the main hard drive, and then boot from "OSX base system"
    If someone upgraded my macbook to mountain lion, did that upgrade also include a recovery partition and is that what one of these options is?

  • How to install Mountain Lion on blank hard drive

    I bought a used macbook with the understanding that the hard drive crashed and I had to completely replace it. I've bought and installed a new, blank hard drive in the macbook and I was wondering if I could purchase mountain lion from the apple store and install it on a completely blank hard drive. When I first booted it up, it takes to to a screen that asks me for my wifi password and has an icon for internet recovery. I've clicked on it and after a while it shows me a globe with a question mark and the website for apple support. Please tell me I haven't already messed it up :S

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    http://store.apple.com/us/search/snowleopard#!

  • Unable to Load Mac OS Mountain Lion On new Hard Drive

    So recently my internal Hard Drive in my Mid 2012 Mac book Pro has stopped functioning, so i made a trip to best by to get a new one. But once i boot from the  my Mountain Lion Disk and select Disk Utility I am unable to format my drive to Mac OS Extended (Journaled). I have tried going to the partition Tab and selecting GUID in the setting Option but i still get the error, Partition Failed with the Error : File System Formatter Failed. I've tried Verifying and Repairing the Drive but it says my Drive is Ok. Formatting my Hard Drive to any other Type other then Mac OS Extended Will work.

    Try going to the partition if there is one, not the top level drive, and select the erase tab.

  • Will reinstalling Mac OS X Mountain Lion wipe my Hard Drive?

    I want to reinstall Mac OS X Mountain Lion on my MacBook Pro 2012. I have many apps and files on my Mac's hard drive and I was wondering what would happen to them if I were to reinstall Mountain Lion.

    That's cool, but just remember, that depending on a computer and it's configuration, application load times etc all run a little differently. (SSD drives are much faster at loading applications than traditional HDDs. Also, if you hard drive is quite full, it can run slower.)
    Before I would proceed with a full reinstall the OS, I would run Disk Utility in the Applications/Utilities folder and repair disk permissions.
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  • Can't install mountain lion onto new hard drive after old one had to be replaced

    My macbook pro, purchased 12/11, had a faulty hard drive.  We thankfully were still under warranty and had it replaced.  I then accessed the old drive via USB connector to reinstall my pictures and some file folders and apps to the new hard drive.  Now I am trying to reinstall the mountain lion update, and it says I can't install the the hard drive that appears as a choice as I use it for time machine backups?  Also, when the laptop tries to do a time machine backup, that stalls out as it says the hard drive is on the do not back up list, which incidentally won't let me select it to take it off of the do not back up list.  Help!!!

    Have you followed these instructions, specifically formatting your new HDD?
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