Selling PowerBook 17" 1.67ghz Need instructions on how to wipe HD

[Advance The Man]

RESOLVED -- THANKS EVERYONE

It was purchased April 2005 and installed with Mac OS 9. It currently has 10.411.

I have 3 discs.
1)Mac OS 9 Install Disc
2)PowerBook G4 Mac OS X Install Disc
3)Mac OS X Tiger Upgrade DVD

How do I use these to bring it to a new user state? What stinks is I said it included iPhoto and other software that was pre-installed. Apple did not include these discs when I purchased the machine new.

Thanks, please let me know.

 

[jchase2057]

Ilife should be on the grey disc that came from apple as well as os x. Do a clean install from that then upgrade to tiger.

 

[Advance The Man]

Ilife should be on the grey disc that came from apple as well as os x. Do a clean install from that then upgrade to tiger.

Good to hear iLife is likely on that disc. I do not know how to do a 'clean install'. Does this delete all my data off the hard drive? That's my goal.

 

[AdrianK]

To wipe your data and reinstall OS X: (this is what you'll want to do, so it's set up as if the new owner was buying a brand new mac)

Insert the OS X install disc
boot your mac while holding C
Go to utilities > Disk utility
Select your hard disk in the top left
go to the erase tab
choose Mac OS X Extended (Journalled) and any name you want ("Macintosh HD" is probably preferable)
security options > Zero out data (only if you're paranoid about the new owner being able to recover your data, if not don't bother)
erase
then continue the install process

 

[Advance The Man]

To wipe your data and reinstall OS X: (this is what you'll want to do, so it's set up as if the new owner was buying a brand new mac)

Insert the OS X install disc
boot your mac while holding C
Go to utilities > Disk utility
Select your hard disk in the top left
go to the erase tab
choose Mac OS X Extended (Journalled) and any name you want ("Macintosh HD" is probably preferable)
security options > Zero out data (only if you're paranoid about the new owner being able to recover your data, if not don't bother)
erase
then continue the install process

I dont have the option to go to Utilities. It goes right into OSX install. Should I continue the Mac OSX setup?

 

[666sheep]

Choose Utilities from menu bar when it will appear. You'll find Disk Utility there.

 

[Advance The Man]

Thank you both - it's working.