Tiger upgrade - computer stuck on verifying destination volume

When I begin installation, the bar freezes on Preparing the Disk - verifying destination volume....? I have run disk utility before installation... what else can I do?

Hi hproducer,
first of all: WELCOME TO THE DISCUSSIONS!
You might want to try this: 10.4 Tiger Upgrade: Decision tree+Checklist

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Problem verifying destination volume

I am attempting to upgrade to Tiger via the DVD installation disc. I am trying to perform the basic upgrade in order to preserve the files on my computer. Each time I get to the "verifying destination volume" it essentially times out and says installation unsuccessful. Any help is much appreciated.

Hi joshua,
first make sure you have the retail full install DVD. Then follow this procedure: 10.4 Tiger Upgrade: Decision tree+Checklist
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Problems installing, cant verify destination volume

I'm trying to install Tiger 10.4 and everything goes well until I get to the "install" phase. During "Preparing the Disk" when it's "Verifying Destination Volume" which I previously chose my HD when I was prompted in the beginning, it fails. If I restart like it tells me to, the same thing happens. Anyone know what this means?

Hi frogtooth,
first of all: WELCOME TO THE DISCUSSIONS!
There are too many possible reasons for your problem. Make sure you have the retail full install version of Tiger, then follow this procedure: 10.4 Tiger Upgrade: Decision tree+Checklist.
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Install Tiger gets stuck at "Verifying volume", Disk Utility not working

Hi there,
I am trying to upgrade to Tiger from OS10.3.9. I have repaired the disk permissions. Each time I try to install Tiger, it gets stuck at "Verifying Disk Volume". I then booted up from the Tiger DVD and ran Disk Utility from the DVD. Now First Aid is continually trying to repair the disk, and what appears over and over again is:
Rechecking volume.
Checking HFS Plus volume
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Incorrect number of thread records
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking Volume information.
Repairing Volume.
Rechecking volume.
Checking HFS Plus volume
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Incorrect number of thread records
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking Volume information.
Repairing Volume.
etc...
i don't know what to do about this. I do have two hard drives installed on my computer. The one I am trying to install on is a 74.5 GB ST380021A. The other is a 38.3 Maxtor 6E040L0.
It would be great to know if anyone has advice on this. Thanks so much!
clara

Hi there,
I am trying to upgrade to Tiger from OS10.3.9. I have
repaired the disk permissions. Each time I try to
install Tiger, it gets stuck at "Verifying Disk
Volume". I then booted up from the Tiger DVD and ran
Disk Utility from the DVD. Now First Aid is
continually trying to repair the disk, and what
appears over and over again is:
Rechecking volume.
Checking HFS Plus volume
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Incorrect number of thread records
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking Volume information.
Repairing Volume.
Rechecking volume.
Checking HFS Plus volume
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Incorrect number of thread records
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking Volume information.
Repairing Volume.
etc...
i don't know what to do about this. I do have two
hard drives installed on my computer. The one I am
trying to install on is a 74.5 GB ST380021A. The
other is a 38.3 Maxtor 6E040L0.
It would be great to know if anyone has advice on
this. Thanks so much!
clara
hai clara,
the issue is coz the drive on which ur trying to install has some issues .
please goto the article http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=13628
in most of the cases u would try some third party disk utility like disk warrior and noton disk utility to repair the disk .
then u need to run disk utility from the TIGER disk .
follow the article
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
to repair the disc .
or else u can back up the data on ur HDD and then u need to do an erase and install of TIGER

Tiger upgrade and/or Safari 1.1 export G4 iMac

I'm trying to upgrade my G4 iMac with SuperDrive to Tiger from 10.3.
When I get to the part about "verifying destination volume", it says there is an error and I should restart. Did that. Twice.
Then I tried doing a archive and install. Same result. My next move would be to do a clean install, but I would lose my Safari 1.1 bookmarks.
If someone knows how to export the bookmarks or how to get thru an archive & install, I'd appreciate the info.
thanks,
bobbie

Hello need411 and Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Boot from the Tiger DVD then, before you commence the install, go up to the menus (I forget the exact name of it but it's the most right hand menu from the left side of the screen if that makes sense). From there choose Disk Utility.
Click on Macintosh HD on the left hand side and then select Repair Disk. It's also worth Repairing Permissions.
Hopefully after that the 'destination volume' should be okay...
mrtotes
P.S. Safari Boomarks are in the file:
Macintosh HD > Users > <yourname> > Library > Safari > bookmarks.plist

Tiger 10.4 Upgrade - Computer frozen

I have upgraded my iBook G4 to Tiger with an Apple upgrade DVD. The upgrade worked and Tiger was properly installed. Following the upgrade, I checked for software updates on the Apple website and I tried to install an update for Tiger called Tiger 10.4.11 (powerPC). (I wonder if I should not have done so in hindsight). At the end of the installation, I was told to restart my computer. I did so, and now my computer will not boot. I simply get a grey screen with the Apple logo. I have used the Disk Utility which has confirmed that my HD is fine and I also performed a hardware test which was clear, so I am not sure what to do now. I have tried to re-install the Tiger upgrade but this does not resolve the issue.

Did you use DU to Repair Permissions yet?
Have you tried a Safe Boot? (Holding Shift Key during boot up).
If you have another Mac handy try FW Target Mode...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583
Got DiskWarrior or Data Rescue II...
http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/
http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php
(Has a Free Demo to see if it could or not, but you'll need another drive to recover to).
Or FileSalvage...
http://www.subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?%20mainpage=product_info&productsid=1
to recover what you can.
The combo update for PowerPC-based Macs...
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx10411comboupdateppc.html
Repair Permissions after re-install, then reboot again.

Panther Upgrade - destination volume?

First time poster-- I have OS 10.2x and want to upgrade to 10.3 Panther.
I inserted the install disc, followed the Installer instructions through the Introduction, License, etc until I reached the phase on Destination Volume. There was nothing to select. The pane was empty.The continue button did not activate. Only active button was Go Back. I quit the Installer and after several hours figured out how to get the CD out and restore to my original OS. Here I am.
Why isn't there a choice for the destination volume?
Does there need to be one?
How do I move to the next phase and get the newer version loaded? I may be asking too many questions at once. I did look through previous posts and found nothing specific to my problem. There are a lot of posts!
Thank you.
Steve
PowerPC G4 iMac Mac OS X (10.2.x) 800MHz, 512 MB

Yes.
I then attempted another restart. Same result. I saw a "show log" on the menu and clicked on it and it said the following:
Error detected
Name: NSGenericException
Reason: Target volume is damaged and cannot be repaired by the
installer
Completed installation steps:
Remaining installation steps:
Install failed
Error detected
Name: NSGenericException
I performed a Disk utility and checked the Panther install disk and they are ok.
Not knowing exactly what I was doing, i ran a repair disk permissions on the HD and it repaired some things and completed.
I then repair disk and got the following:
Keys of of order (in red letters)
Rebuilding Catolog B-tree
The volume MacIntosh HD could not be repaired (red letters)
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit (-9972) (in red letters)
Repair attempted on 1 volume
0 HFS volumes repaired (in green letters)
1 volume could not be reapired (in red letters)
I am now back to Jaguar and running like when I bought it. I Just really want to upgrade, that's all.
Thanks to all for your input.
Darby905

When trying to re-install OS X 10.4 on my computer the destination volume window is completely blank. How do I proceed?

I tried to do a disk repair on my iMac but Disk Utility was unable to complete the repair, so I tried to do an erase and intall, but when I got to the "select destination volume" window, it was completely blank. Is there any way to fix this?

Actually Neil meant to say format the erased hard drive as Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
 Cheers, Tom

No Destination Volume; Disk Utility problems too!

I have an Imac G5. I was having problems with my old OS (panther)--basically it was corrupted and kept crashing and then wouldn't even load. So I ran out and bought Tiger (as I had lost my original Panther install CD, I figured I might as well upgrade since I was doling out the cash for the software).
I did an archive install so that I could rescue my music from the old harddrive, which worked. Then I tried to trash the "previous system" folder but the computer froze each time I tried to empty the trash. I figured I'd better re-install Tiger (this time doing an erase install), since applications were running kind of slowly and I didn't want the stuff on the old software to corrupt my nice new Tiger.
In re-installing Tiger, however, the system seemed to crash. I re-booted the computer and now the installer doesn't recognize my hard drive--there aren't any icons to choose in the destination volume section.
I went into disk utility and ran first aid on what I assume is the harddrive (something which says 74.5GB and then some numbers). The error message I got was: "the underlying task reported failure on exit." From reading some other posts in this forum, this sounds like quite a bad thing. I tried to run techtools delux, but the computer didn't load it (not sure if it is the appropriate version for tiger anyway, since the version isn't listed on the cd or anywhere in my applecare literature).
Ah, she should zero out her harddrive, you say. Well, here's what I've done: I made a partition (sucessfully, I think) and tried to zero out the new disk (which, for some reason is called diskos3). Afterwards the installer should recognize my harddrive, right?
Wrong! Turns out the disk can't be erased due to the same error message as before: "the underlying task reported failure on exit."
Okay, that's the end of my sad, sorry tale. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Imac G5 Mac OS X (10.4)

You probably will. It's possible that it became unplugged, in which case it needs to be plugged in again.
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Face Time stuck in verifying ....running Mavericks 10.9.5

Hi, My macbook early 2009 running 10.9.5 Mavricks is unable to run Face Time. After I enter my apple id & password, it gets stuck in Verifying....mode & after a while it pretends I need to log in from scartch.......please help!
JK

Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Step 1
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.
Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.”
While logged in as Guest, you won’t have access to any of your documents or settings. Applications will behave as if you were running them for the first time. Don’t be alarmed by this behavior; it’s normal. If you need any passwords or other personal data in order to complete the test, memorize, print, or write them down before you begin.
Test while logged in as Guest. Don't post any more log extracts; just test. Same problem?
After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it.
*Note: If you’ve activated “Find My Mac” or FileVault, then you can’t enable the Guest account. The “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac” is not the same. Create a new account in which to test, and delete it, including its home folder, after testing.
Step 2
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
Please take this step regardless of the results of Step 1.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Start up in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. You must hold down the shift key twice: once when you turn on the computer, and again when you log in.
Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the startup volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to start up and run than normal, with limited graphics performance, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain models. The next normal startup may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem?
After testing, restart as usual (not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of Steps 1 and 2.

Cannot install or Update. No destination Volume appears.

Update installers and original Tiger disk will begin installation, but stop at "Select destination volume" with a blank window--I can't make any selection, as there isn't anything to select, and I have to force quit. This seems to happen with any update, and also the original install disk. My disk is Tiger 10.4.1 and my machine has done auto updates to 10.4.3--I am trying to get to 10.4.6, and upgrade other mac software that I use (iPhoto, iTunes). Disk utility stops at the end of it's process--with "unexpected exit" error, and "minor bit map error"--I get a message saying disk utility can't fix the problem.
I invested in Techtool Pro 4.1.1 (which did install without a problem), and then resolved the few issues it had when testing. It now runs the tests with no errors found, but I have the same problems as above (no installation volume), and anything I try is VERY, VERY slow. Any suggestions or what I can try short of erase and install?? I have 40 GB of stuff on the machine, and can't easily backup or move it without purchasing more hardware and software. Wait--I don't think I can even erase and install, as the process doesn't get that far to even let me select options. Help.

It sounds like you have a directory issue. What you might want to do is get a friends machine to backup your data to.
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
suggests several methods of doing that.
http://www.macmaps.com/directoryfaq.html
explains alternatives for repairing your directory.

Mac OS X Tiger Upgrade

Hello, i'm currently running a iBook G4 with Mac OS X Panther, I got Tiger for christmas this year, but i have not upgraded. simply because i don't want to lose all my programs, like adium, or psptoolchain (which is in the user directory), is the tiger upgrade process easy on programs and files? will all my programs still be in the applications folder? i could care less about my system settings, its just my files that i cannot afford to lose.
oh, and one more question, is the Mac OS X intel install available to purchase? it would be great to run a computer with more power with mac os x tiger.

Hi Koba,
You can continue to use all your programs by choosing 'Simple Upgrade'.
But, before this upgrade, make sure your 10.3.x system has no any issue.
Do the followings before Tiger installation :
1-Boot from Panther Install CD,
2-Open 'Disk Utility' from menu bar, select the disc you want to install Tiger,
and run "Repair Disk". İf there is any correction, run it again until you see
'Everything is OK'.
İf you get some error message(s) that Disk Utility cannot fix, use DiskWarrior to repair.
Important: If it cannot be fixed by DiskWarrior ,do not continue installation procedure.
Backup your data and use 'Erase and Install'.
İf everything is OK ,
3-Start up as your normal user in Panther. Open Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility .
Select your volume and click on 'Repair Disk Permissions'. Quit Disk Utility
4-Backup your data.
Check if your iBook needs a Firmware Update.
Boot from Tiger dvd.
1-After language selection, do not continue and open 'Disk Utility' from menu bar.
2-Run 'Repair Disk' utility only.
Very important : Do NOT run 'Repair Permissions'
You must see 'No repairs were necessary'. If you get any correction report, run it once
again.
Quit Disk Utility.
3-Select your volume, click on 'Options' button and choose 'Upgrade Mac OS X'.
Click Continue.
4-Choose Easy Install or Custom Install which lets you install additional software like
fonts and printer drivers.
Click on Install. Your Mac will reboot automatically after installation.
That's all.
Good luck.
Fatih
iMac G5 20"-2Ghz 1GB RAM / PB G4 1.67-1GB RAM/PB G4 400-768 RAM/iMac DV G3 400 Mac OS X (10.4.4) Ext.FW 1204030 - iSight

After Clean Instal Tiger, upgrading to 10.4.7. many errors appeared

I wiped my boot drive, installed tiger, upgraded combo 10.4.7. Created anount account user. Things were spiffy for a moment until I mounted my firewire drives and some dmg file. BLAM! CRASH! MAYDAY MAYDAY! RUN FOR COVER into the apple forum! I've search forums for several problems and was unable to find solution but did on my own.
Errors:
Media ejectables: DMG, firewire drives, cd, dvd would not appear (but would on other users) I tried permission fix, disconnecting, whatever.
Internal audio wasn't working. Volume control was dissabled, and volume icon dissappeared from menubar after clicking it.
Worse of all: My icons on my sidebar were missing, desktop icons were randomly missing. I did comand J on finder and select show icon and show preview. That worked until log out, log in. Icons were switched around to the wrong ones, I thought I was on mars.
What else, well didn't get around much since I tried to deal with one problem at a time - it became overwhelming.
Before erasing the drive and reinstalling for another try, I decided to trash all my contents in my prefs folder in my home/personal directory (didn't empty trash). Logged out and back in. I'm back in business!
Those of you may want to try that and may have to re-adjust all your settings, serials, etc. Or you could drag some prefs back to folder to to find culprit or just the ones you really need. When happy with everything... Take out the garbage!
Hope it works for you as well.

It's explained as is. Delete some preference files.

"Destination Volume" isn't showing up during re-installation

Hi all,
My Powerbook just crashed all of a sudden last night; when i tried restarting it, I got the Finder icon with a question mark in the middle. I tried reinstalling and restoring using the original CD's, but when the time comes to select my destination volume, my HDD doesn't show up in the list of options. I tried using Disk Utility to repair the drive, but it isnt showing up there either.
Is my HD done?
I have a Powerbook G4, use a 10.3.9 and have never really had any major problem with the OS. I dont think they are related, but just so you know, I dropped my laptop about 6 months back and the battery was being pretty erratic after that. I haven't used the battery since then .. the computer was working fine though.
Any help is appreciated ... thanks a lot!

Hi Again mkkelso!
Your issue is slightly different than the OP's.
As I don't think you have yet installed, an OS, on the new Hard Drive, you won't be able to start up in Safe Mode
Refer to My Response HERE, in your other Topic New hard drive, need to reinstall OS, but having problems, and continue the discourse, in that Thread.
ali b

TS2570 Hi, MacBook Pro & Snow Leopard- startup probs. I have tried repairing with the disk utility, resetting PRAM, booting in safe mode, and finally trying to get to archive&install the o/s, but it cannot find the destination volume. IsAn erase the only

(10.6.8 Intel core duo 2009)
Hi,
I have a grey screen and grey rotating wheel startup probs. I have tried repairing with the disk utility, resetting PRAM, booting in safe mode (which gave a subset of the errors that 'disk repair' did- namely- 'invalid sibling link,invalid record count, invalid node structure, invalid key length) and finally trying to get to archive&install the o/s, but it cannot find the destination volume. Is an erase the only option? PS I have backed up most files individually, but my daughter did not back up any from her user account. Any help would be appreciated. J

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