Clean install of OSX ?

xli_ne

macrumors 6502a

Original poster

• Nov 27, 2006

• #1

Why is it that after I have done a complete erase and install of panther on my powerbook that I'm looking to sell, the name of the hard drive still comes up as
"xli"?

Shouldn't that have gone will everything else? Been renamed to "Macintosh HD" or whatever the default name is?

What opinion should I select or what is the safest way of getting rid of everything on my computer before I sell it to a complete stranger?

 

mad jew

Moderator emeritus

• Nov 28, 2006

• #2

Are you sure it was an erase and install; because that isn't the default install type. Did you reformat the drive in Disk Utility first? 🙂

 

topgun072003

macrumors 6502

• Nov 28, 2006

• #3

yeah, before you reinstall (while booting from disk) you have to go to options and select to do a complete reinstall. Otherwise it will do an achive and install which isn't the same...maybe that's the problem

 

xli_ne

macrumors 6502a

Original poster

• Nov 28, 2006

• #4

mad jew said:

Are you sure it was an erase and install; because that isn't the default install type. Did you reformat the drive in Disk Utility first? 🙂

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I didn't reformat with Disk Utility. I'll give that a try next.