I need to delete everything off a Hard Drive so I can sell it?

SamIchi

macrumors 68030

Original poster

• Nov 27, 2007

• #1

How do I do that? I know I can do a clean install, but just so everything is gone even the OS, how do I go about doing that? Thanks guys.

 

Eidorian

macrumors Penryn

• Nov 27, 2007

• #2

Boot off of the OS X and run Disk Utility to wipe the drive.

You can restart and eject the disc after that.

 

B

Blue Velvet

Moderator emeritus

• Nov 27, 2007

• #3

Re: Disk Utility. If you've got personal details, bank details etc. a 7x write zeros should suffice. It'll take some time though; leave it running while you're out for the day.

Boot off the OS X DVD/CD by holding down C as you restart the machine and run Disk Utility from the menu before installing OS X.

 

teleromeo

macrumors 65816

• Nov 27, 2007

• #4

use the disk utility and the erase free disk space option

Depending on how secure you want it you can choose zero-out, 7-Pass erase or 35-Pass erase