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How do I reformat HD of an LC III?

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jharing

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Jan 17, 2005
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I have a Mac LC III from like 1991, I want to get rid of it but want to clean the harddrive, first. Is there a reformat command to use to wipe the disk clean? Or, if easy, can I just remove the harddrive?

PS, if anyone wants it, and is willing to pay for shipping, it's theirs.
 
jharing said:
I have a Mac LC III from like 1991, I want to get rid of it but want to clean the harddrive, first. Is there a reformat command to use to wipe the disk clean? Or, if easy, can I just remove the harddrive?

PS, if anyone wants it, and is willing to pay for shipping, it's theirs.
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These things have nice power supplies -- I have a 7W pirate FM transmitter installed in one. Left the logic board so when i turn it on the first thing transmitted is the nice Mac OS chime. =]
 
If you have another machine with scsi you could attach it to that.

The LCIII is very easy to open, just two clips at the back and the top lifts off. The scsi drive is just clipped in place too, probably a 120MB drive.

The utility you need is "drive setup" in the utilities folder. This can zero all data.
 
Download the Network Floppy from Apple's obsolete tech page. Its a floppy disk that you can download. It is fully bootable floppy. You can mess with the contents (remove chooser) and place the Disk Setup Utility on it.

It isn't that hard. Start off the floppy. See if the floppy has the Disk Setup Utility. It it does, use it. If not, then trash some non-vital things from the floppy and copy from the hard drive the Disk Setup Utility. Then use it.
 
kettle said:
The utility you need is "drive setup" in the utilities folder. This can zero all data.
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On an LC it's called Apple HD SC Setup. Drive Setup was for IDE drives if I remember correctly.
 
Can I take out the HD of my old LC III and plug it into my Powerbook with a USB connection/enclosure.
 
California said:
Can I take out the HD of my old LC III and plug it into my Powerbook with a USB connection/enclosure.
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No...the drive is SCSI.
So unless you have an enclosure that take SCSI drive to Firewire you won't be able to access it.
There are also PCMCIA-SCSI card that you can connect to your Powerbook.
 
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