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Browse Community. Optiplex Desktops. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Last reply by phyve Unsolved. OS recovery error occurred while extracting image file. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic.

When you want to make downloading or attaching files easier, compressing them would be the best option. There are some methods you can try to fix this issue.

If the location of the compressed file is protected, move it to another folder. The ideal option would be using one of your profile folders, such as Documents. After moving the compressed file, try extracting its contents again. You can also go online and search for freeware that can automatically fix long-path names. In this case, what you can do is download a fresh copy of the compressed file and save it to another location.

Check if this step resolves the issue. Each time it is another package it cannot find, which tells me that it must be either the DVD drive or the hard drive. It seems to be able to read all the packages from the DVD tough which indicates a hard drive problem. I will no try a network install using a second mac. If it fails it will be very likely the hard drive. Astonishing though, it just happend out of the blue! Aug 17, AM. Aug 17, AM in response to m34d In response to m34d.

Aug 17, AM in response to lllaass In response to lllaass. I found a GB hard drive in an old PC. It now works like a charm. So I guess it was the hard drive. I will buy a new one. Altough I would like to have a big and cheap HD form WD or Seagate I wonder if these consume too much energy and shorten the battery life.

So maybe I will stick to the ones build into the Macs. If you desire high performance, but crave lower power use, you may be a candidate for an SSD drive. They are somewhat more expensive in "holds everything" sizes, and require a little extra care and an add-on Utility to stay fast. More Less. Communities Get Support. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question. An error occurred while extracting files from the package "Essentials. No matter what I do I keep getting this message when I try to upgrade to yosemite.

What is the problem. Posted on Mar 16, AM. Page content loaded. Mar 16, AM in response to lhairmac In response to lhairmac. If your model has user-replaceable memory, and you've upgraded the memory modules, reinstall the original memory and see whether there's any improvement. Be careful not to touch the gold contacts.