"This computer cannot install this software"

Ok, so heres the deal. I decided to wipe my hd and reinstall os x. No problem except that now I am told by the machine that I cannot install from my OEM disk at all.

I'm having the same issue. I have a MacBook Pro Core Duo and I'm trying to do an erase and install. (Inherited the comp at work from another guy who's got way too much junk on it to cleanup manually). I'm getting the same cryptic error message when I try to do an erase and install from the Boot CD. I am using the boot cd that I received when I bought my core duo iMac Feb 2006. I think I have the boot cd's at work that came with this computer.
I guess my question is this: how can you verify if the boot disc is the one for that certain hardware configuration of your current computer (or is that even the issue)?
I found this page on apple's support pages: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106693
And from that page is this excerpt:
"Troubleshooting tip: If you see a message that you cannot install Mac OS X on this computer, even though it should work with Mac OS X, you may need to install a firmware update. Restart your computer from the hard drive and install the latest firmware available for your computer."
That made sense, so I checked the firmware update pages, and there isn't a new update for this macbook pro. I'm completely at a loss as what to do at this point. Any help would be awesome
15" MBP, Intel Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.9) 2GB Ram, 100GB Drive

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Solved!
Go to Solution.

HI,
Freeing space on C:\ phone memory is a problem.
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