No Destination Volume When Installing

I'm not sure what's wrong with my Mac, but whenever I try and install an application that's a .pkg file, I get this screen:
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Is there any way that I can get the Macintosh HD symbol to show up there? In one of the support pages, I think it said I might have to backup all my files and reinstall the OS, which I really don't want to do, so any help to avoid that would be greatly appreciated.

"In one of the support pages, I think it said I might have to backup all my files and reinstall the OS"
I have tried to reinstall OS 10.4, but my machine won't let me. First of all, no target disk. Secondly, if the OS is less than the one I have installed, it reminds me that the OS is newer and won't let me install.
Aargh!

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Welcome to Apple Support Communities
The hard drive is not formatted, and it must be formatted in "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" in order to install OS X.
Close the OS X installer, and go to Utilities menu (on the menu bar) > Disk Utility. Then, format your hard drive in "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" as Format > http://pondini.org/OSX/DU1.html Finally, close Disk Utility and install OS X

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I started up my iMac this morning and it went to a grey screen and then came up with a flashing questionmark. i looked this up and figured i should boot from the installation disk and see what was wrong.
I tried to reinstall the OS but when i get to the part where i have to chose a destination volume, there is nothing there. i have left it half an hour adn there is still nothing there. I then checked in disk utility, and all that shows up there is the installation disk on the superdrive.
I then ran the extended apple hardware test from the installation disk and it came up with no errors, said the mass storage (which i presume means the hard drive) passed.
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Hello margm:
Welcome to Apple discussions.
You might try resetting PRAM:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238
This article includes more troubleshooting steps:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58042
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Check out Apple doc.#302411.
You may be able to fix it with DiskWarrior (get the CD so you can boot from it).
Disk Utility will be unable to fix it.
If you're backed up a wipe and reinstall will fix it, but you'll lose sverything. I see no need to take it in for repair at this time.
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Hello,
I replaced the internal hard drive of my MacBook2.1 and am attempting to install Mac OS 10.4.9
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Intel Core 2 Duo
2 GHz
1 GB of memory
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Hello,
Was Highlander85's issue ever been resolved?A
I'm experiencing the exact same problem as Highlander85 except my system is an iMac and I'm attempting to erase/partition an internal Seagate Barracuda 500G SATA. I have tried everything that Highlander tried and still no luck. I also confirmed w/Seagate that adjusting jumper settings for this drive is not necessary. Is there a chance there is an issue w/my RAM or would you think it's time to open up my machine again and R/R myHDD while I am still within the stores return policy?
The spec's for my system per your last reply are below:
OS X 10.4.7 (Have original disks)
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac5,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 2.5 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM51.0090.B09
SMC Version (system): 1.9f4
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Xshoota,
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first of all: WELCOME TO THE DISCUSSIONS!
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