format Tiger without CD

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  1. ucsdmac, Sep 8, 2008

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    I'm planning to re-sell my powerpC G4 thats running Tiger. Whats the best way for me to format it. I dont have the OS X CD. thank you for your help.
     
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  2. AppleNewton, Sep 8, 2008

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    hm...if youre unable to get the discs; perhaps just uninstall everything and do a clean sweep of the system files, create a new admin account, delete all other users and perhaps just patch the system up and it should be good to go.

    might just then clone that set up onto a new blank drive that way the old files might not be retrievable after deletion?

    thats all i could think of... :confused:
     
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  3. NeoMayhem, Sep 8, 2008

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    You could probably get a tiger disk pretty cheap on ebay or craigslist. That is really the only way to 'format' the system, unless you clone another mac that was just reinstalled.
     
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  4. ucsdmac, Sep 8, 2008

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    i would.. but im selling the thing tomorrow morning.. so no time.. I dont really have data on that so I guess i'll just delete all my files and apps.


    I cant use the install disk for leopard huh?
     
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