[shadybirdstan]

I was about to add a SuperDrive to my PowerBook 667 and figured since I was doing that upgrade I might as well go ahead and upgrade the hard drive to 80GBs. This will be my first Apple hard drive upgrade so I wanted to check-in on what the proper actions were to make sure this is a success. If this upgrade follows along with everything else Apple does compared to PC I would anticipate this to be a pretty easy process but again, just want to make sure.
[list=1][*]Backup all current data on hard drive[*]Format current hard drive (any suggestions here for the best way to completely format the drive as I'll probably be selling this one)[*]Install new hard drive (will be using this for guidance, http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=50120)[*]Insert Panther Disk 1 and boot from it[*]Install Panther[/list=1]

If the steps above are correct then my two main questions are as follows:

• What is the best way to format and clean my existing hard drive, so I can be safe reselling?
• When reinstalling Panther, what is the process I should follow (hold down C key on boot, etc.)?

For reference, I'm installing the following Hitachi hard drive .

Many thanks in advance.

[bimmerphile]

if you boot up from the panther disc you can do a zero-level data erase on the current drive.


adn you can use this for guidance:

http://www.macworld.com/2004/08/feat...ityourselfmac/

[shadybirdstan]

I have that issue sitting at home for the SuperDrive installation.

Do I have to do anything special to boot form the Panther CD?

[shadybirdstan]

Also, should I look to partition this drive or is that only possible if the OS isn't installed on the drive you want to partition?