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while i was trying to install snow leapord it stopped responding. i tried restarting but upon restart a screen with a bunch of codes comes up that says mac os version not yet set. it also says unable to find driver 4 this platform.

computor on grey code screen says unable to find driver for this platform and mac os version not yet set. how do i fix it?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Feb 14, 2013 9:11 AM

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Posted on Feb 14, 2013 9:14 AM

Try this:


Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions


Boot from your Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.


If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.

If all is OK then try installing Snow Leopard again.

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Feb 14, 2013 9:14 AM in response to hb232

Try this:


Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions


Boot from your Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.


If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.

If all is OK then try installing Snow Leopard again.

while i was trying to install snow leapord it stopped responding. i tried restarting but upon restart a screen with a bunch of codes comes up that says mac os version not yet set. it also says unable to find driver 4 this platform.

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