Big Sur Stalls with less than 1 min remaining

Macbook Pro A1707 16Ram and 1TB SSD

Drive has been emptied so whole One TB available but will not finish installation past ' less than a Minute Remaining' in macOS Big Sur.

I have tried everything suggested on the forum but never get past less than a minute remaining


Has anyone solved this problem?

rgds

Phil



Posted on May 24, 2021 9:58 AM

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May 25, 2021 11:57 AM in response to Pippyd

Hello Pippyd,


We are glad to hear back and appreciate your time working with us here. You've done a good job working on this so far.


Please check over the steps here to see if they help:


If your Mac starts up to an Apple logo or progress bar


Make sure to follow the steps on How to repair a Mac disk with Disk Utility


If the installation won't complete after make sure to Contact Apple Support


Cheers.

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