SNOW LEOPARD INSTALL FAIL

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Summary of my issue and process:

Macbook Pro mid-2010. 4G of RAM. Came with Snow Leopard disc

Had issues so erased drive and tried to reinstall.

Error Message: The Installer Could Not Copy The Necessary Support Files

Tried everything I could think of not necessarily in this order:

Used disc that came with computer

Reboot from USB drive that I made with above disc

Tried Snow Leopard disc from another computer

Re-Partitioned

Erased

Verify & Repair

Did Ram Test - all ok

Replaced Hard Drive which I repartitioned (GUID etc)

Still get the same message.

I am willing to try a anything as obviously there is nothing I need to backup.

Posted on Jul 7, 2015 7:17 AM

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Answer 1

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Have you tried booting off a DVD, then Utilities/Disk Utility/Repair Disk until you get no errors?

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Answer 2

Yes I have always rebooted from DVD and gone through all the repair and disc utility options. Same error message.

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