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Upgrade to Snow Leopard stalled

I tried to upgrade an old Macbook today from Leopard to SL with a store bought Snow Leopard CD. I did not want to erase the drive so just put the disk in and followed the prompts to load SL. About 30 minutes into loading, the CD ejected and the Macbook restarted. I'm still on 10.5.8. Can anyone give me any suggestions?

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1), windows vista

Posted on Mar 5, 2015 8:10 PM

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Mar 6, 2015 11:27 AM in response to dorSV

This could be a mistake or it could be due to some prior fault in your Leopard system. Personally, I would make a backup of your files, then start from scratch with Snow Leopard:


Clean Install of Snow Leopard


Be sure to make a backup first because the following procedure will erase

the drive and everything on it.


1. Boot the computer using the Snow Leopard Installer Disc or the Disc 1 that came

with your computer. Insert the disc into the optical drive and restart the computer.

After the chime press and hold down the "C" key. Release the key when you see

a small spinning gear appear below the dark gray Apple logo.


2. 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 the hard drive entry from the left side list (mfgr.'s ID and drive

size.) Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window. Set the number of

partitions to one (1) from the Partitions drop down menu, click on Options button

and select GUID, click on OK, then set the format type to MacOS Extended

(Journaled, if supported), then click on the Apply button.


3. When the formatting has completed quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed

with the OS X installation and follow the directions included with the installer.


4. When the installation has completed your computer will Restart into the Setup

Assistant. After you finish Setup Assistant will complete the installation after which

you will be running a fresh install of OS X. You can now begin the update process

by opening Software Update and installing all recommended updates to bring your

installation current.


5. If you are planning to sell or give your computer away, then do the following:


After you reformat your hard drive and reinstall OS X, the computer restarts to a

Welcome screen and asks you to choose a country or region. If you want to leave

the Mac in an out-of-box state, don't continue with the setup of your system. Instead,

press Command-Q to shut down the Mac. When the new owner turns on the Mac,

the Setup Assistant will guide them through the setup process.


Download and install Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1.

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