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