1 Installed new HDD, but I can't get OS X installed
MacBook Pro 17" 2.33 ghz (early 2007). Received the following errors:
- Invalid node structure.
- The volume Macintosh HD could not be verified completely.
- Volume repair complete.
- Updating boot support partitions for volume as required.
- Error: Disk Utility can't repair this disk, reformat and restore.
I reformatted and tried restoring Lion via TimeMachine. But I kept getting Installation failed, Mac OS X could not be installed on your computer, The installer could not validate the contents of the "base system".
Next I tried erasing and reinstalling from my OS X disks (Tiger 10.5) without success.
Next I tried installing a new HD, 3 to be exact (500 gb 7200 rpm). The drives load, I formatted them Mac Extended (journaled) GUID partition / S.M.A.R.T = verified.
I tried the following installations with no success:
Tiger (10.5) = Disk utility showed my 500gb HD as 3TB
- Leopard = wouldn't complete installation
- Lion online (via previous purchase at Mac App Store). At one point I got it to download but it wouldn't install.
- Time machine restore to lion. No success because it couldn't find my Recover HD.
Before I go out and spend $600 on a Mac Mini, PLEASE let me know if there is something else I can try.
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How long ago did you buy your lion?
由 mayer 完成的
I bought my Mac in early 2007. I bought Lion ~8 months ago.
由 SLY 完成的
Apple MacBook Pro "Core 2 Duo" 2.33 17" Specs
Identifiers: Core 2 Duo/Late 2006 - MA611LL/A - MacBookPro2,1 - A1212 - N/A
由 mayer 完成的
Thank you Mayer. I restored my laptop via Time Machine to Lion 10.7.4 and then set the date back to 9/1/2012. I was able to download the Lion 10.7.5 update but when it tried to install, I got the message that it couldn't install and to restart download and try again. When I restarted I got the black screen (where it tells you to hold the Power Button to restart); this happened both times I tried to restart without the TM connected.
I reconnected the TM and restarted with the "C" key, which opened me to the Restore / Restall / Disk Utility window.
Maybe this Mac is dead. I hope not.
This is my 1st question, is this the point where I click 'Accept Answer'?
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