Apple MB427Z-A Installation Guide - Page 14

You need to reinstall Mac OS X., The installer can't update the hard disk driver.

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The installer can't update the hard disk driver. The installer can't update the drivers for non-Apple hard disks. Use the disk utility recommended by the manufacturer to update the disk's driver before installing Mac OS X. Make sure to use a version of the utility that's compatible with Mac OS X. The installation wasn't successful. If you were unable to install Mac OS X, try the following: Â Disconnect external devices you don't need during installation. Â Use Disk Utility to repair your hard disk. After disconnecting unnecessary devices, start up from the Mac OS X Install disc. Select your language and click the forward arrow. To open Disk Utility, choose Utilities > Disk Utility. Select the volume on which you want to install, and click Repair Disk. After repairing any problems, quit Disk Utility and click Continue to try installing again. If you were still unable to install Mac OS X, try installing one more time using the "Erase and Install" option. See "Custom Installations" on page 4. Mac OS X installation was interrupted and you can't start up your computer. Restart your computer while holding down the mouse or trackpad button to eject the Install disc. Your computer may start up using the last system you were using. If it doesn't and you have another Mac OS system installed on your computer, restart your computer while holding down the Option key to select a startup disk. If your computer doesn't start up this way, insert the Mac OS X Install disc in your computer and hold down the C key while restarting. Open Startup Disk preferences and select a startup disk. You need to reinstall Mac OS X. To reinstall this version of Mac OS X, select "Archive and Install" in the Options pane, and select the option to preserve your user accounts and network settings. If you need to restore your computer's software, use the software disc that came with your computer. For help, see the user's guide that came with your computer. You want to install Mac OS X on more than one computer. Refer to the license agreement that came with your copy of Mac OS X. 14

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The installer can’t update the hard disk driver.
The installer can’t update the drivers for non-Apple hard disks. Use the disk utility
recommended by the manufacturer to update the disk’s driver before installing
Mac OS X. Make sure to use a version of the utility that’s compatible with Mac OS X.
The installation wasn’t successful.
If you were unable to install Mac OS X, try the following:
Â
Disconnect external devices you don’t need during installation.
Â
Use Disk Utility to repair your hard disk.
After disconnecting unnecessary devices, start up from the Mac OS X Install disc. Select
your language and click the forward arrow. To open Disk Utility, choose Utilities > Disk
Utility. Select the volume on which you want to install, and click Repair Disk. After
repairing any problems, quit Disk Utility and click Continue to try installing again.
If you were still unable to install Mac OS X, try installing one more time using the “Erase
and Install” option. See “Custom Installations” on page 4.
Mac OS X installation was interrupted and you can’t start up your computer.
Restart your computer while holding down the mouse or trackpad button to eject the
Install disc. Your computer may start up using the last system you were using. If it
doesn’t and you have another Mac OS system installed on your computer, restart your
computer while holding down the Option key to select a startup disk.
If your computer doesn’t start up this way, insert the Mac OS X Install disc in your
computer and hold down the C key while restarting. Open Startup Disk preferences
and select a startup disk.
You need to reinstall Mac OS X.
To reinstall this version of Mac OS X, select “Archive and Install” in the Options pane,
and select the option to preserve your user accounts and network settings.
If you need to restore your computer’s software, use the software disc that came with
your computer. For help, see the user’s guide that came with your computer.
You want to install Mac OS X on more than one computer.
Refer to the license agreement that came with your copy of Mac OS X.