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im trying to restore my imac to factory settings. ive erased the macintosh HD drive and am now trying to reinstal macOS Catalina but i get this error message that the target volume is part of an incomplete system and can not be installed to? help....

im trying to restore my imac to factory settings. ive erased the macintosh HD drive and am now trying to reinstal macOS Catalina but i get this error message that the target volume is part of an incomplete system and can not be installed to? help....

Posted on Jun 8, 2021 7:23 AM

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Posted on Jun 8, 2021 7:51 AM

Sounds like you did not properly erase and format the Macintosh HD.

For a do over, you need to startup in macOS Recovery and Reformat the Macintosh HD,

as per > https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208496

Then install the offered macOS version and upgrade that version to Catalina.

as per > https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904

For older macOS versions of Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave and Catalina,

see > https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211683

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Jun 8, 2021 7:51 AM in response to BryPar

Sounds like you did not properly erase and format the Macintosh HD.

For a do over, you need to startup in macOS Recovery and Reformat the Macintosh HD,

as per > https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208496

Then install the offered macOS version and upgrade that version to Catalina.

as per > https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904

For older macOS versions of Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave and Catalina,

see > https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211683

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im trying to restore my imac to factory settings. ive erased the macintosh HD drive and am now trying to reinstal macOS Catalina but i get this error message that the target volume is part of an incomplete system and can not be installed to? help....

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