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Macbook 4,1 Stuck on install
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1608839" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Just we are on the "same page". Lion was never distributed on DVD. So the Lion DVD you have would have had to have been made from a .dmg file from the Mac App Store. And then the USB would have had to have been made from the DVD.</p><p></p><p>If you've previously purchased Lion from the Mac App Store. I would redownload it…and redo a "bootable USB" installer of Lion. Maybe something was "lost in the translation"…from .dmg to DVD to USB.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There is one sure way to get the disk out of the drive. Remove the drive…and remove the top cover off the drive (screws). I've done this on a used computer I purchased. Unfortunately there were two disks stuck in the drive (previous owner had small children)…and when I removed the disk & reinstalled the drive…the drive was still dead!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1608839, member: 56379"] Just we are on the "same page". Lion was never distributed on DVD. So the Lion DVD you have would have had to have been made from a .dmg file from the Mac App Store. And then the USB would have had to have been made from the DVD. If you've previously purchased Lion from the Mac App Store. I would redownload it…and redo a "bootable USB" installer of Lion. Maybe something was "lost in the translation"…from .dmg to DVD to USB. There is one sure way to get the disk out of the drive. Remove the drive…and remove the top cover off the drive (screws). I've done this on a used computer I purchased. Unfortunately there were two disks stuck in the drive (previous owner had small children)…and when I removed the disk & reinstalled the drive…the drive was still dead!:( - Nick [/QUOTE]
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