[iREZ]

My cousin misplaced his recovery cd's for his 15" 1.25, and I was wondering if I could just lend him my recovery cd's so he could clean install panther on to his comp (seeing how he also forgot his password). Will this be ok?

[Detrius]

first of all... you did know about the reset password utility that is on the OS X install CD, right?

Second, the OS X install CDs are the only ones that will definitely work. The recovery CDs tend to be machine specific.


Also, about the password thing... if his machine is set to auto-login as an administrator, you can create another administrator WITHOUT knowing the password. Bizarre, I know, but it works.

[hldan]

Originally posted by Detrius:
first of all... you did know about the reset password utility that is on the OS X install CD, right?

Second, the OS X install CDs are the only ones that will definitely work. The recovery CDs tend to be machine specific.


Also, about the password thing... if his machine is set to auto-login as an administrator, you can create another administrator WITHOUT knowing the password. Bizarre, I know, but it works.

Detrius, "you" are just one of the main reasons that I like using MacNN for help. I, myself never knew about the password reset utility on the OSX install CD. Great info!

[anaphora68]

Actually, I have used the g4 15'' recovery DVD on my old pismo. I lost my jaguar CDs and needed to put it on my pismo, and sure enough it booted of the restore DVD and installed. It should work in that case.