[trofkahr]

Hi - a silly question maybe - but here's the problem....

I decided to do away with my MacBook Pro's existing bootcamp installation by repartitioning everything back to one single volume and starting over "fresh"...

Problem is, upon inserting the software restore disks - it tells me that it can't install the software to this disk. I'm given the option to restart or go to "Start Up Disk"

In the Start Up disk options there are the install dvd and the options for a network boot.

I'm certain I'm using the correct restore disks. What stupid simple mistake am I making? It seems like the dvd is trying to restore to itself instead of trying to restore to the new volume I've created.

Or is that the problem - have I mucked something up there?

I checked the install log and it simply says that it failed installation checks.

Feeling stupid - feeling like I've missed something simple.

Any help would be hot.

[trofkahr]

To be clear - the software restore disks I'm referring to are the MacBook Pro's OS restore disks.

[Suikolove]

Can't you just reinstall the Mac OS or something? I dunno... if the experienced users say it'll work, give it a try.

[tmpilling]

trof,

are you trying to 0 the entire drive, start from fresh?

[trofkahr]

yes - I wiped the old partitions (one bootcamp and one mac-Os) and created a single extended, journaled Mac OS partition. The intent had been to install Mac OS back to this new volume via the restore disks.

I could swear that I've done this a dozen times before and never had a problem. I'm obviously missing something