Try to install Lion on clean HD, get -4959 message (fail)

Have tried over 5 times to install Lion on a clean (new) HD formatted correctly (per Article HT4718).
Installer log shows CoreDoclMinimizeItems failed (-4959) or just miniize failed.
Any idea how to resolve this???
ABout to kill it all.

You are on the wrong track about Windows machines. Installing Windows, 7, for example, is a breeze using a variety of procedures. But, you are right that things are changing with Mac installing--changing in ways that can be quite confusiing--all primarily because Apple wants to get away from using optical drives.
It is difficult to understand what you are saying--partially because of the changing installation environment. I think I pretty much get what you are trying to do. But, I think that there are problems--possibly arising because Lion did not install correctly in the first place.
In this regard, I am with Kappy. I would start over by being sure that everything you can back us is backed up and then reinstalling Snow Leopard, upgrading Snow to the latest version via software update, and downloading Lion from the app store. If you go this route, then stop Lion before it installs and make a copy of the Lion installer (the installer should be in the Applications folder). But, here is the rub. You may have trouble re-downloading Lion. I am assuming that you can re-download since Lion is apparently is not installed and you have paid. I am hoping like crazy that you don't have a problem with the re-download step.
Apparently, you have a bootable external drive or so. If so, then you might want to follow the path I used in installing Lion--eventually on your internal drive.
01. Downloaded Lion toInternal/SnowLeopard drive stopping the installer before it installs (made copyof installer to be sure I have one before moving on)
02. Backed up Snow Leopard by cloning internal drive to external drive partition
03. Formatted external drive Lion setup partition as Mac OS X journaled using internal Snow Leopard installation (be sure the partition is GUID)
04. Installed Office via disk on Lion partition and copied documents from internal to Lion Documents folder
05. Imported Safari bookmarks on Lion partition from previously exported file
06. Installed QT 7 and QT Pro License
07. Updated iTunes and copied user iTunes folder to Music folder on Lion partition
08. Imported Address Book on Lion using previously prepared archive file
09. Installed various additional pieces of software using accumulated disks (e.g., Photoshop CS4), image files, downloads (e.g.,iLife11) and product keys
10. Just started using Mail 5.0; it just works
11. Installed Printer
12. Installed Flash beta from Adobe site
13. Copied iWeb domain file from Snow Leopard installation to appropriate place in Lion installation (instructions may be needed on this step)
14. Tested Lion drive and did miscellaneous setup tasks
15. Downloaded and Installed Lion version of SuperDuper on Lion and cloned Lion drive to my internal

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