How to reset the hard drive of an broken Macbook Air.

[vincentv]

Hi guys,

How can I reset the hard drive of my macbook air ? My macbook is broken due to water damage and the cost of fixing it are more expensive then buying a new one. So I bought an new macbook air and I want to sell my old one. But i want to remove all the files from my hard drive, I looked it up on the internet but I can only find how to do it on an working macbook. Does anyone now how to dow it ?

Regards,
Vincent

 

[Mr_Brightside_@]

If its Thunderbolt port does't work for Target Disk Mode and you can't boot it off USB, you'll need to physically remove the drive.

 

[keysofanxiety]

What @Mr_Brightside_@ said! It's also worth remembering that the drives in the MacBook Airs are proprietary, so you'll probably need to get an Apple PCI-e>USB converter, depending on what model you have. That is, if you're looking to actually wipe the drive and put it back in.

A better option would be to remove the drive and sell the MacBook Air as damaged/no SSD. Then wipe the SSD and sell that seperately. You'd get more for your money that way.

 

[Mr_Brightside_@]

Yeah those drives are worth a pretty penny. If you live in Toronto I'll remove and wipe it for no charge if I can keep it

 

[vincentv]

Thank you all for the help! I found a buyer who can delete the drive for me so it is already fixed!

 

[wolf1734]

Bonjour

Je le boock air mac d'un ami au démarrage je la barre de chargement qui avance jusqu'à la moitié, puis les réparations dès le début, puis l'écriture de l'ordinateur "votre ordinateur est replay désactivé en 60 minutes" comment réinstaller un nouveau système d'exploitation sur elle. Merci beaucoup pour votre réponse.
Cordialement

 

[Mr_Brightside_@]

"votre ordinateur est replay désactivé en 60 minutes"

Is that exactly what it says?

 

[wolf1734]

"votre ordinateur est replay désactivé en 60 minutes"

Est-ce exactement ce qu'il dit? [/ QUOTE]



Yes that's it

[doublepost=1487802161][/doublepost]Yes it's that wait 60 minutes