I'm not a Mac user, but I have some friends who are shutting down their business, and one of items they want me to security-wipe before sale or auction is their old Centris 610. Normally, for the Windows or Linux environments, I'd just throw a Darik's Boot 'n' Nuke CD into the CD drive and nuke the hard drive. But I'm completely unfamiliar with Mac hardware and software, old or new, *and *this 610 doesn't have a CD-ROM drive.
As a background, the system is completely functional, along with its two Apple printers. They intend to restore the operating system after the wipe. I guess the questions would be: 1) Is there a way to create a hard-drive-wiping floppy from the system's software? Or, 2) Is there software I can download from somewhere to accomplish the same thing? And, assuming this is the necessary option, then... 3) How can I copy said software program on to a Mac-compatible floppy disk? (The machine isn't hooked up to the Internet, has no USB ports, etc. A lot changes in two decades, doesn't it?!) I have no other Mac machines, old or new, from which to create such a floppy, though I might be able to resurrect an old Windows machine or hook up a USB floppy drive to a Linux machine. I suppose the whole disk doesn't need wiping, as long as there's some utility that can wipe the data area from within the Centris 610 itself. Thanks in advance for your help! -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
