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Getting "this software cannot be installed on this computer" error
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<blockquote data-quote="ChickieBell" data-source="post: 855030" data-attributes="member: 103665"><p><strong>Apple says I have the right restore CD's - more info</strong></p><p></p><p>Thank you to those who took the time to read my lengthy posting and have offered advice/suggestions.</p><p></p><p>I was able to find out that I DO have the right restore disks (by calling Apple). Now I'm trying to look at other options.</p><p></p><p>WipeDrive for Mac was used to wipe the drive. Since the drive was wiped - shouldn't it be showing up as 250GB or at least close? It is showing up as 232GB, but it is a 250GB drive. Maybe it is supposed to be this way - but does anyone know?</p><p></p><p>If not, is it possible that it needs to be wiped again? He said that at one point he had tried to set up a Windows partition on the hard drive, but he gave up and just kept using the Mac OS. </p><p></p><p>Is it possible that partition or some sort of volume is still there and wasn't wiped by WipeDrive for Mac, but is not showing up when the Mac OS X 10.4.7 restore CD's are put in?</p><p></p><p>I did try checking for errors and Disk Utilities can't find any.</p><p></p><p>With this new information - any additional advice or suggestions?</p><p></p><p>Thanks so much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChickieBell, post: 855030, member: 103665"] [b]Apple says I have the right restore CD's - more info[/b] Thank you to those who took the time to read my lengthy posting and have offered advice/suggestions. I was able to find out that I DO have the right restore disks (by calling Apple). Now I'm trying to look at other options. WipeDrive for Mac was used to wipe the drive. Since the drive was wiped - shouldn't it be showing up as 250GB or at least close? It is showing up as 232GB, but it is a 250GB drive. Maybe it is supposed to be this way - but does anyone know? If not, is it possible that it needs to be wiped again? He said that at one point he had tried to set up a Windows partition on the hard drive, but he gave up and just kept using the Mac OS. Is it possible that partition or some sort of volume is still there and wasn't wiped by WipeDrive for Mac, but is not showing up when the Mac OS X 10.4.7 restore CD's are put in? I did try checking for errors and Disk Utilities can't find any. With this new information - any additional advice or suggestions? Thanks so much. [/QUOTE]
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