 Wiping Drive Without Reinstalling Os, Powerbook G4 is missing Tiger discs |
 Mon 23 Apr 2007, 14:44
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Hi All,
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, he's lost the Tiger install disc's and I was hoping not to have to purchase the disc's again. I guess I could manually delete all the unwanted files and then create a new user account, but is there an easier solution that anyone knows of? Thanks again, -Strype |
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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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redstrype Wiping Drive Without Reinstalling Os Mon 23 Apr 2007, 14:44
lepetitmartien Easiest solution is to buy a set de disk second ha... Mon 23 Apr 2007, 21:09
redstrype Thank you lepetitmartien,
It's less ... Mon 23 Apr 2007, 22:10 lepetitmartien QUOTE (redstrype @ lun 23 avr 2007, 23:10... Wed 25 Apr 2007, 04:55 |
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