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Any problem installing OS Mavericks

I was just wondering if the install had any problems

Posted on Oct 22, 2013 1:23 PM

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Oct 22, 2013 2:18 PM in response to Dcannis

Dcannis wrote:


Yes it is telling me I need to repair my disk but when I try to repair it wont let me. Weird


You will need to do that repair while booted from a drive OTHER than the one your current OS is installed on. If you have install media, boot from that and run Disk Utility there. If you have a newer machine without it, reboot and hit either <Cmd-R> or <option> after the chime, choose Recovery HD for your boot volume, and then run Disc Utlity on your HD/SSD.

Oct 22, 2013 2:50 PM in response to boccio

2012 iMac will not install. Ran disk utility before installation but tells me to repair disk. I boot using cmd+R and try to repair disk but utility stops and says that disk cannot be repaired. When try to reinstall mountain lion it does not allow that either and says disk is locked. Upon restart goes straight into new OS installation mode. When I ask to restore from backup nothing happens. Any ideas?

Oct 22, 2013 3:33 PM in response to boccio

I have a new mac mini with a fusion drive, and the software doesn't want to install on the drive. Tells me my hard drive doesn't use the GUID Partition Table scheme. Whatever that is. The fusion drive is two drives acting as one, but I can't be the only one having this problem. Anyone? I'm sure Apple sold a lot of these drives.


Meanwhile, I'm backing up my hard drive before I fiddle with it any more.

Any problem installing OS Mavericks

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