Returning Macbook Pro 13... how to Wipe / Delete EVERYTHING?

[hazedragon45]

What's the best way to return this macbook to Factory settings with all installed items gone, passwords, email, calendars, photos, music?

 

[Mike Macintosh]

What's the best way to return this macbook to Factory settings with all installed items gone, passwords, email, calendars, photos, music?

Insert your computers install disc, press C after the bong, go to disc utility, select your harddrive and erase the partition, then after that proceed to install the OS, all your data will then be gone.

 

[rgarjr]

Yeah I think disk utility has an option to zero out all data on the hard drive.

 

[hazedragon45]

i'm following these steps.
It didnt clear my whole laptop. Everything is still there?>...

 

[Drag'nGT]

What type of OS install did you choose?

 

[hazedragon45]

install mac os.. but i dont see an option to "erase and install"

i guess it's snow leopard

 

[Drag'nGT]

There's a button on the installer screen that says options. Choose it and then Erase and Install.

 

[hazedragon45]

err.. i don't see it

 

[Drag'nGT]

I looked it up. I can't remember it all.

Select the drive and click 'customize'. I'm guessing that you were afraid you'd click the wrong thing. That's cool.

So you gonna get another model? 15"?

Snow Leopard got a new button and instead of 'options' like the link you posted off Apple's site it says 'customize' now. It even has a blue hue to it to attract your attention to it.

 

[hazedragon45]

after i insert the disc, i dont see an option to "customize" either

nevermind, i do see this. I went through the 1 hour installation, and my comp was the same after