You are correct - this has come up before. I found this in my saved emails - originally sent by Sam:
Reboot with the original installer DVD in, holding down C. That’ll boot the powerbook from the DVD. Choose Disk Utility from the Installer or Utilities menu (depending on OS version) and then click on the internal hard drive device (not the name of the volume, usually “Macintosh HD”, the hardware device one level above it) click on Options then select Zero format. Erase the disk that way then when it’s finished, run the OS installer as normal and then when it’s finished, reboot. When you hear the startup chime, hold the power button down until the powerbook switches off. That way the next person to switch it on will get the user setup screen. Chris On 10 Sep 2009, at 10:35, Virginia wrote: > I'm getting a new laptop and giving away my old G4 and G5. I have > searched through SMUG archives because I am sure this question has > been asked before, but I cannot find it : apologies for asking > again : how do I remove all personal info from the computers? If I > remove the existing users will this be adequate or do I need to > erase the hard disk for each user? > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
