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Wiping Drive Without Reinstalling Os, Powerbook G4 is missing Tiger discs |
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Wed 25 Apr 2007, 04:55
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QUOTE (redstrype @ lun 23 avr 2007, 23:10) I have Panther from my old Desktop, so I'll probably end up using that if we can't locate the Tiger discs. If it's not a universal (shelf) version, DON'T. It won't work save maybe in target mode from another computer. If you try to use the original disks coming with another model, you'll have at best a system behaving strangely, at worse it'll refuse to work at all. Anyway, your friend should find the original disks, just for the AHT you can't have in any other way. For Tiger universal, second hand is your friend if you're broke.
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Sat 14 Jul 2007, 18:38
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QUOTE (redstrype @ Mon 23 Apr 2007, 13:44) I've just purchased a friend's powerbook G4 and I was wondering if it's possible to wipe his drive without reinstalling OS X No, any reformat or erase will take out the OS as well. You need either the original disks for THAT model machine, or a retail OS package of the same or greater version than shipped with the machine. Deleting what you can and installing a new user as posted is the best bet. If he can't find the disks, it would be best to buy a retail set; you will need it for troubleshooting, repairing the hard drive, changing the main password, etc. and will be up a creek without a bootable OS CD. Also consider getting an external firewire drive, both for audio files and to have a bootable clone of the system on it.
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