Why does my computer keep ejecting the snow leopard install disk
I am trying to upgrade from leopard to snow leopard on my MacBook Pro. However, every time I insert the install disk, the machine whirs for a moment, and then ejects the disk with no error message. I tested my drive with a different dvd and it works just fine. All of my other software is up to date. Any idea what could be causing this or what I can do?
Susan Rule wrote:
I am trying to upgrade from leopard to snow leopard on my MacBook Pro. However, every time I insert the install disk, the machine whirs for a moment, and then ejects the disk with no error message. I tested my drive with a different dvd and it works just fine. All of my other software is up to date. Any idea what could be causing this or what I can do?
Clean the bottom of the disk with a bit of rubbing alcohol and a soft cloth, polish to a shine.
If it's a PowerPC Mac it won't upgrade.
Must be a 10.6.3 Snow Leopard retail disk (white with cat like my avatar)
Try holding the c key down with the disk inserted and then reboot.
If all that fails, the disk is likely bad. It happens.
You can chose to copy it and hope the errors get fixed or exchange it for another with Apple.
Insert your Snow Leopard DVD.
Open /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app.
In the left side of the window, select the “Mac OS X Install DVD”.
Click “New Image” from the Disk Utility toolbar and select where you want to save the temporary image. For “Image Format”, choose “DVD/CD master” and for “Encryption”, choose “none”.
The image extension in the “Save As” box will be .cdr (this is what you want) — click “Save”.
Once the temporary image is created, it will show up on the left side of the Disk Utility window. Select it.
Insert a blank dual-layer DVD
Click “Burn” from the Disk Utility toolbar.
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