Formatting a Mac Drive for the first time

[.Logan]

Hello,

I'm trying to do a clean install of OSX Lion on my first MBP that came with SL.

When I boot from the DVD and open up Disk Utility, I'm confused whether I need to Erase the "Disk" or the "Volume"? I've attached a screenshot, you can see the "320GB Drive" and then "Macintosh HD" in disk utility while the system is running which is what I see when booting up. But no matter which I select, they have the same options.

Once I erase the disk, or volume, do I just exit Disk Utility, reboot and I should get an option to Install? (instead of "Reinstall").

Thanks.

 

[-tWv-]

So I'm assuming you made a lion install disk?

If you did, boot to the disk, go into disk utility, and erase the volume. Afterwards you can just exit disk utility and install, no need to reboot.

 

[.Logan]

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Yeah, I did make a lion install disc.

Can you confirm that 'Macintosh HD', is the volume? So I just click the erase tab, erase and then exit the utility?

 

[MacUser2525]

Yeah, I did make a lion install disc.

Can you confirm that 'Macintosh HD', is the volume? So I just click the erase tab, erase and then exit the utility?

Yes that is what you do after highlighting/selecting that 'Macintosh HD' and it is the partition/Volume that needs to be erased.