Problem with re-installing the Mac OS
Hi,
I have Mac OS 10.5.5 and Windows XP SP2. It was working fine before the day it refused to boot in Mac OS. Still its booting in XP. Now I thought of re-installing Mac OS again keeping my old data intact. With the help of Mac OS installation CD 1, I got the option that I can install new OS keeping old data as an archive. I tried to do that, it starts with checking installation CD consistency (which is optional, but I let it check), after this check, it started installing OS but after 5-10 min it gives me the error:
"Mac OSx could not be installed on your computer. The installer could not validate the contents of the 'BaseSystem' package. Content the software manufacturer for the assistance.
Click Restart to restart your computer and try installing again"
I tried several times with failure only.
Please help me!! What could be the possible reason behind this. What to do now??
Regards,
Tirtha
Willard,
Are you the user eternity? If not, please start a new topic thread here:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1167&start=0
And you won't confuse the user eternity with solutions that don't apply to them.
If you are eternity, I'm sorry you haven't received any replies since February, but perhaps I'd better redirect your post to the Boot Camp forum, where people have dealt with booting issues with Boot Camp are better equiped to answer. Let us know, and I can ask a moderator to move your thread.
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