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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: 855150" data-attributes="member: 103665"><p><strong>This may be important</strong></p><p></p><p>I may have found something - but not sure.</p><p></p><p>When I just did the Erase under Disk Utilities, the default name for the partition that is corrected is "Untitled". I changed it to Main and hit Erase. Normally Untitled appears underneath the hard drive in the column on the left hand side. For a brief moment - after the Untitled disappeared, "disk0s2" showed up in it's place and then 2 or 3 seconds later the name Main.</p><p></p><p>Also, at the bottom of that window, it shows that there are 2 Folders on that hard drive. Shouldn't there be just one - the one I created (Untitled, Main, or whatever I decided to name it)?</p><p></p><p>Also, at the bottom of that window, it is showing that 43MB of the hard drive are being used. Does that mean anything to anyone?</p><p></p><p>Is it possible there is still something on the hard drive that for some reason is not being erased and that this is preventing the OS from installing properly?</p><p></p><p>Just guessing here - but figured I'd run it by the more astute minds out there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChickieBell, post: 855150, member: 103665"] [b]This may be important[/b] I may have found something - but not sure. When I just did the Erase under Disk Utilities, the default name for the partition that is corrected is "Untitled". I changed it to Main and hit Erase. Normally Untitled appears underneath the hard drive in the column on the left hand side. For a brief moment - after the Untitled disappeared, "disk0s2" showed up in it's place and then 2 or 3 seconds later the name Main. Also, at the bottom of that window, it shows that there are 2 Folders on that hard drive. Shouldn't there be just one - the one I created (Untitled, Main, or whatever I decided to name it)? Also, at the bottom of that window, it is showing that 43MB of the hard drive are being used. Does that mean anything to anyone? Is it possible there is still something on the hard drive that for some reason is not being erased and that this is preventing the OS from installing properly? Just guessing here - but figured I'd run it by the more astute minds out there. [/QUOTE]
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