startup disk can't be created, verification failed.

[fowler.]

I don't understand this. I got this message over the weekend, followed directions to the point where I wiped my drive and reinstalled everything.

I'm getting this message again today, basically after a fresh install.

There's no way I want to deal with reinstalling everything again just to get the same message.

Any ideas?

 

[mad jew]

It's telling you to use Disk Utility on the OSX disc to repair your drive. Have you tried this?

 

[fowler.]

I did, two days ago.

It found an issue, then fixed it.

Still, no dice.

I'll try it again.. lets see what happens...

 

[mad jew]

If it makes a fix, it's always a good idea to run it again until it makes no changes. Good luck.

 

[fowler.]

argh, it worked this time!

 

[mad jew]

So it's all good?

 

[fowler.]

typing this from windows

 

[Heb1228]

typing this from windows

If I had no context for this post, I would really wonder why it deserved a smiley.