[muchisgiven]

Hey guys I'm trying to completely erase my hard drive and restore my powerbook to it's orginal settings. Unfortunately I don't have my Tiger CD, or any of my original CD's. I wanted to know if I could do it directly from the laptop

[Maflynn]

Huh, I'm confused
directly from what laptop? if your going to erase it, you won't have it?

If you lost the restore discs, call apple they typically have been good and re-sending them out or just buy a copy of Tiger. You never know when you need to reinstall the OS. Having it available will ease some potential headaches like now.

[memory-minus]

Maflynn, a lot of PCs have a hidden "restore" partition on the hard drive containing Windows XP and any bundled software. This may be what OP is referring to. However, I think it's a terrible idea especially since these PCs usually don't ship with restore discs period.

Muchisgiven... unfortunately you're out of luck without the physical CDs. Call 800-APL-CARE.

[Pinkwheels]

I also posted this somewhere else within this forum.


I need to do a complete reinstall of my computer.. but do not know how to do it. I am on an IMac OS 9.1 G3. I have reinstalled my systems folder several times but haven't had to do a complete reinstall. I have the following disks, Application, Software Install, Software Restore 1-4. Any help is appreciated. Beth