Unable to install new Lion upgrade

Install Failed Mac OS X could not be installed on your computer. Mac OS X can't be installed on the disk Macintosh HD, because a recovery system can't be created. Visit www.apple.com/support/no-recovery to learn more. How can I fix this?

iamashleynicole wrote:
No, the only option was choosing the network, typing in the password, then selecting the macintosh hd mac os x start up.
I paid the $30 to upgrade to Lion, i keep getting the recovery error.
So when you boot up and you hold down the Command+R key you don't get into the recovery partition of the hard drive?
If you don't see the recovery partition then you may have deleted that partition somehow.
If that is the case you are going to need to get someone to make a recovery USB flash stick that has all the files on it that the recovery partition usually contains. With that you can boot the computer, WIPE the drive and re-install Lion. Other than that, I am really out of ideas here.
Are you trying to update from Snow Leopard to Lion? Or have you had Lion installed before this problem, just to be clear.
Pete

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