"You cannot continue. There is nothing to install."

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"You cannot continue. There is nothing to install."

I get this error message while trying to install new software.
I searched for the problem here and it seems that other people's problems and solutions were based on one particular program they were trying to install, ie OS9.

In my case, I have recently tried to install two different programs, completly unrelated to each other, and I get the same message.
Here are the programs, if that matters:
Palm Treo 650
M-Audio Firewire 410 MIDI Audio interface

Any help would be much appreciated.

G5, Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Jun 27, 2007 7:44 PM

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Answer 1

The hatter

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Jun 28, 2007 12:59 AM in response to jmf3002

have you repaired the drive and permissions?

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Answer 2

Jun 28, 2007 4:07 AM in response to jmf3002

jmf3002-

Are you using the Mac versions?

Are you trying to load the program from CD/DVD?

Luck-

-DaddyPaycheck

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Answer 3

jmf3002 Author

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Jun 28, 2007 5:42 PM in response to DaddyPaycheck

The plot thickens!

I know how to repair permissions and do that frequently. However, I wasn't sure if you meant that repairing the drive was something different than that. I'm not sure what that is.

In any case, I had not tried repairing permissions on the CD drive, which is greyed out anyway. However, I did try to Verify Disk on the two disks that I am having trouble installing. In both cases, I got a lot of red and a message saying: Volume needs repair.

As opposed to several other disks from programs that i've installed in the past, where the green message stated: Volume passed verification.

In neither case is Repair Disc Permissions an option. Is there someway for me to repair these?
It still seems unlikely to me that both of these disks, from 2 different companies and programs, bought 6 months aparts from each other, should be corrupt, when nothing else is.

Both of these disks claims to be for Mac and PC.

Any additonal help would be much appreciatied.

John

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Answer 4

Jun 29, 2007 7:03 AM in response to jmf3002

jmf3002-

It could be that they are scratched or have a bugger on them-have you looked? Many companies will replace damaged disks for a nominal charge.

You cannot repair permissions on a CD as they cannot be written to so therefore nothing can be repaired.

Are you sure that the version software on the disk is compatible with the OS that you are running on the Mac?

Maybe your optical drive in the Mac is heading South. Have you tried other disks to make sure it still can burn and read other formats?

Luck-

-DaddyPaycheck

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