Why is Mountain lion stuck at Checking "Macintosh HD" during installation
When installing Mountain lion i accept terms and conditions and then it gets stuck on Checking "Macintosh HD"... I left it for the whole day and it did not change.
Im am using a MacBook Pro bought in 2011 that is running OS X 10.6.8.
I have verified HDD in disk utilities and it says there are no problems.
I've tried restarting the computer but no change.
I have 4GB memory and 85GB available space.
Any ideas how to solve this problem would be great, Thanks.
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If the disk repair doesn't work:
1. Do a backup with Time Machine
2. Create a Mountain Lion installer in DVD or pendrive (http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/07/how-to-create-a-bootable-backup-mountain-li on-install-disk/)
3. Press Option key in boot and press the Mountain Lion disk
4. Erase the disk in Disk Utility and install 10.8
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