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I wanted to know, since im not a mac wiz. how do you erase/wipe everything out from my drive?

basically i want it to be like when i first purchased it. Nothing on it and running like new.
 
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JCM said:
I wanted to know, since im not a mac wiz. how do you erase/wipe everything out from my drive?

basically i want it to be like when i first purchased it. Nothing on it and running like new.
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I'm not a Mac guy, but if someone actually has an answer to "I want it to be like when I first purchased it" then I will buy a Mac.

Besides formating the HD, I know of no way to have a computer function at it's peak/basic performance.

(Maybe I'm being too anal!)
 

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I'm not a Mac guy, but if someone actually has an answer to "I want it to be like when I first purchased it" then I will buy a Mac.

Besides formating the HD, I know of no way to have a computer function at it's peak/basic performance.

(Maybe I'm being too anal!)
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I just want to wipe everything out.
 
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I'm not sure how to do it with a Mac. PC, reformat, have system disks, 90 minutes later, good to go.
 
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I'm a unix guy, so my method to doing anything never deals with a format. Just clean that sucker up, remove all of the programs that you don't use, go lightweight and update/add from there.

You're better off familiarizing yourself with filesystem, than just trusting a few programs to do it(break it) for you.
 

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I'm a unix guy, so my method to doing anything never deals with a format. Just clean that sucker up, remove all of the programs that you don't use, go lightweight and update/add from there.

You're better off familiarizing yourself with filesystem, than just trusting a few programs to do it(break it) for you.
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hmm...well, i did get a mac os install disk, That is capable of cleaning out the computer. but once i put it in, i don't know what to do lol.
 
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k.. if you want to just do a fresh install, no problem.

#1, make sure you have everything you want to keep on your drive, saved someplace other than your computer. So like, online, or on an external drive ect.
-Just boot the install disk. A DVD icon should pop onto your desktop(sometimes it comes up on its own).
-It should have an icon that says Install OSX. Click that, and after the first prompt comes up, go to the advanced option. There should only be 2, upgrade and tools or something.
-Then you need to go to disk utilities, so you can erase the drive. Sometimes you have to restart before it allows you to do it. Now just erase the drive and from this point, you can't go back until the MacOSX installation is complete.

The rest should be pretty self explainable, it will basically restore a clean installation onto the drive.
 
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k.. if you want to just do a fresh install, no problem.

#1, make sure you have everything you want to keep on your drive, saved someplace other than your computer. So like, online, or on an external drive ect.
-Just boot the install disk. A DVD icon should pop onto your desktop(sometimes it comes up on its own).
-It should have an icon that says Install OSX. Click that, and after the first prompt comes up, go to the advanced option. There should only be 2, upgrade and tools or something.
-Then you need to go to disk utilities, so you can erase the drive. Sometimes you have to restart before it allows you to do it. Now just erase the drive and from this point, you can't go back until the MacOSX installation is complete.

The rest should be pretty self explainable, it will basically restore a clean installation onto the drive.
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ok, im going to give it a try tomorrow, since it will take some time.

thanks for the help. :buttrock:
 
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good luck

BTW, something I do out of my own precaution. Make a backup install disc!!! If the one you have, has a scratch or bad sector on it, then your install might not go through. At least if you copy the disc and make a backup, you can recover the sectors with most burning programs.
 

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you mean make a copy of the install disk with a burning program?
 
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