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How to reformat macbook pro?
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You need a bootable disc, and your friend's MacBook install disks will not work for your MBP's.
Try google, there may be a way to create a bootable disk with your current disk. Also if you use carbon copy cloner and clone your hard drive to an external drive. That will be bootable and thus you'll be able to wipe the internal disk. Since you don't have the install disks, that may be an issue in selling, i.e., a new formatted hard drive w/o an OS on it.
Try google, there may be a way to create a bootable disk with your current disk. Also if you use carbon copy cloner and clone your hard drive to an external drive. That will be bootable and thus you'll be able to wipe the internal disk. Since you don't have the install disks, that may be an issue in selling, i.e., a new formatted hard drive w/o an OS on it.
Technically you should not and could not use your friend's CDs. You may be able to see if Apple can help you out. I've heard them selling restore discs or replacing them.
You'd have to ensure your friend's macbook had the same build of the OS you had otherwise it could be missing drivers. Even still, you're using MB restore discs for a MBP. Not wise imho.
Best you can do is manually remove everything but keep in mind, selling your MBP without the discs isn't right either.
You'd have to ensure your friend's macbook had the same build of the OS you had otherwise it could be missing drivers. Even still, you're using MB restore discs for a MBP. Not wise imho.
Best you can do is manually remove everything but keep in mind, selling your MBP without the discs isn't right either.
Two options:
1. Call AppleCare and ask them for replacement discs. They will provide you with the operating system that came with your MacBook Pro (either 10.4 Tiger or 10.5 Leopard) at approx. $34.xx for two discs.
2. Go to Apple Store or Best Buy and purchase Leopard at retail price.
1. Call AppleCare and ask them for replacement discs. They will provide you with the operating system that came with your MacBook Pro (either 10.4 Tiger or 10.5 Leopard) at approx. $34.xx for two discs.
2. Go to Apple Store or Best Buy and purchase Leopard at retail price.
You could reformat with Windows but you won't have OS X. If you're ok with just Windows on your MacBook Pro, then reformatting/reinstalling is like doing it on a PC, just boot off the install disc and follow the instructions.
Well... MacBook Pros are built for OS X. There are plenty of advantages of having OS X and plenty of disadvantages of having JUST Windows. Too many to list here.
Windows PCs are so much cheaper than Macs, it would just be a waste to use a MacBook Pro purely with Windows in my opinion.
Just call AppleCare and see what they say. It won't hurt.
how about making a clone of the system only with carbon copy cloner. After that start up from the clone an copy the clone back to the internal disk.