Mac OS X cannot install on this computer read install read me on the DVD ?

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Mac OS X cannot install on this computer read install read me on the DVD ?

Bought a used MacBook with a intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 Ghz with 2 gig memory and it came running leopard 10.05.1 on it already want to do a clean install of Leopard. DVD takes me to the point where i chose my language then i get this error saying Mac OS X cannot install on this computer read the install read me on the DVD

Any suggestions ?

MacBook intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 Ghz, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Dec 30, 2007 1:39 PM

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Barney-15E

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Dec 30, 2007 1:44 PM in response to kram1

Where did the install DVD come from? If it was from another Mac, it may not work as it was designed specially for the model computer it came with.

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Dec 30, 2007 1:47 PM in response to kram1

It could be bad formatting of the hard drive, or bad packaging of the DVD.

If you have nothing to loose, try to reformat your drive and check that you setup a GUID partition map.

If you have a working system, I would try to call Apple before anything else, maybe they can send you the good DVD if this is a packaging problem.

If you erase the drive and get stuck after that, you won't be able to use your machine at all.

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The hatter

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Dec 30, 2007 1:48 PM in response to kram1

With a used Mac, I would reformat and erase the drive completely anyway.

Seems you did get hood-winked 😟

Get a retail copy.

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kram1 Author

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Dec 30, 2007 7:43 PM in response to Yann Bizeul

Yeah I'm afraid to reformat coz i do have a working system
***** no matter what i do won't install
Any other suggestions ?

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Russa

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Dec 30, 2007 7:49 PM in response to kram1

I suggest you attempt t install 10.5 on an external drive, then boot from the external hardware drive. This should tell you if the DVD is usable. You might want to run Disk Utility and repair from the second disk. Then attempt to "Erase and install" from the DVD to the disk drive in the laptop.

The comment about the install DVD being incompatible with your computer may be the issue. Was this DVD the original one delivered with your computer.

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kram1 Author

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Dec 30, 2007 8:01 PM in response to Russa

I haven't tried to install on a external drive but I don't think thats going to work coz it won't let me past that error msg to even give me a choice to where i want to install it

As far as the copy its a retail of version on 10.5

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Answer 7

Dec 31, 2007 1:00 AM in response to kram1

If this is a retail copy of Mac OS X (not bundled with your mac), that may be the cause of your problem, especially if it was pre-installed with 10.5.1.

As far as I know, but I may be wrong, there is no 10.5.1 retail DVD (only 10.5.0), this could mean your mac is newer than the retail OS X DVD (10.5.0), and you have no other choice that using your Leopard DVD bundled with your machine, because your machine may have some hardware bot handled by the retail 10.5 DVD.

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