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completely scrub the hard drive on a machine? I'm replacing a machine and I want to ensure that all of my preferences, cookies, passwords, etc. are scrubbed. I'd like to format the the entire hard drive and then reload OS X 10.2.3. I have the original Apple OS X 10.2 (or maybe 10.1.5 or some such) CDs. If I completely format the hard drive (and I need to know how to do that - vs. just dragging files to the trash), how do I install the new OS?
you can't do it just by trashing items. If you really want to be in the clear, you need to 'zero' the drive. I don't know if Disk Utility will do it. boot from the os x 10.2 install disc and see if disk utility gives you the option to 'zero all data' or something like that.
be sure you've backed up what you need, otherwise it'll be gone from the drive.
Originally posted by danbrew: how do I install the new OS?
Put the OS X install CD (or CD 1 if it's 10.2 Jaguar) then restart your Mac and hold the 'c' key until it starts up into the installer. It's pretty straightforward from there.
Another way, put in the OS X CD, then open "Install Mac OS X", and it should restart your Mac and run the Installer from the CD.
Unfortunately, most OS X installer CDs do not yet have the "zero all data" option available. If you have an OS 9 installer CD, boot up from that, launch Drive Setup from the Utilities folder, and then you can zero out the data on your hard drive.
/mal
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MacBook Pro 15"/2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo/4 GB DDR2 SDRAM/200 GB Hitachi HD/8x SuperDrive/Mac OS X 10.6.1
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