On 11/02/2011 09:56 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: >> From: [email protected] [mailto:discuss- >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jerry Feldman >> >> One of the ladies in the office has an old Mac G3 Macbook that she wants >> to donate. But I always prefer that people wipe their drives first. For >> PC stuff, I use the Ultimate Boot CD. I was just wondering if there are >> any OpenSource or freeware standalone wipe CDs et. al. > The OSX installation disc. At the first screen, when most people would > click "Next," you can instead go to the File menu, Disk Utility, and Erase > Disk. (With option for secure erase.) > > 'Course, ability to do that is dependent on the ability to find the > installation disk. > > Another option: during power on, hold the "T" key. The mac will enter > "target disk mode," so you connect a firewire cable to any other computer, > the mac has become a dumb external disk enclosure. So you're able to use > any other computer with a firewire port to erase your mac. > > This is not an OSX Mac
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