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OS X Could Not Be Installed on Your Computer!

I Keep getting this message after it goes through the install... Re-Start does nothing but restart and start install again. 2009 MBP 17"

On my 2013 MBP Retina 15" it worked perfectly...

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OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Oct 1, 2015 6:17 AM

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Posted on Oct 1, 2015 10:51 AM

Hello ProEdgeBiker.com,
I understand that you are having an issue with your MacBook Pro 17" installing OS El Capitan. Let's see if we can get it sorted out.
Because you are seeing the File System verify or repair failed alert, check out what the issue could be by using Disk Utility in the OS X Recovery. I have outlined the steps below on what to do.
Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203176

Try Disk Utility

Use these steps to use the Disk Utility app to verify or repair a disk.

  1. If you're using OS X Lion or later, start the computer from Recovery System or Internet Recovery. If you're using an older version of OS X and your computer came with a Mac OS X Install disc, insert the installation disc and restart the computer while holding the C key instead.
  2. When your computer finishes starting up, choose Disk Utility from the Utilities window, or from the Installer menu if you're started from an installation disc.
  3. Click the First Aid tab.
  4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
  5. Select your Startup Disk (usually named "Macintosh HD").
  6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk.

If it repairs itself, then you can try the install again. Let me know what you find out.
Take it easy

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Oct 1, 2015 10:51 AM in response to ProEdgeBiker.com

Hello ProEdgeBiker.com,
I understand that you are having an issue with your MacBook Pro 17" installing OS El Capitan. Let's see if we can get it sorted out.
Because you are seeing the File System verify or repair failed alert, check out what the issue could be by using Disk Utility in the OS X Recovery. I have outlined the steps below on what to do.
Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203176

Try Disk Utility

Use these steps to use the Disk Utility app to verify or repair a disk.

  1. If you're using OS X Lion or later, start the computer from Recovery System or Internet Recovery. If you're using an older version of OS X and your computer came with a Mac OS X Install disc, insert the installation disc and restart the computer while holding the C key instead.
  2. When your computer finishes starting up, choose Disk Utility from the Utilities window, or from the Installer menu if you're started from an installation disc.
  3. Click the First Aid tab.
  4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
  5. Select your Startup Disk (usually named "Macintosh HD").
  6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk.

If it repairs itself, then you can try the install again. Let me know what you find out.
Take it easy

Oct 1, 2015 3:12 PM in response to ProEdgeBiker.com

Sorry, i couldn't upload the pics through safari so i made links to the images of the error:

Disc couldn't be verified:

https://proedgebiker.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_1606.jpg


Error on repair:

https://proedgebiker.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_1607.jpg


Time Machine stuck like this going on 30mins now.

https://proedgebiker.com/wp-content/uploads/FullSizeRender.jpg

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