Wipe Mac's HDD through single user mode.?

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  1. Ponchobot, Jul 5, 2011

    Ponchobot macrumors member

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    Is there a way to completely wipe my mac's harddrive through single user mode, because my mac won't boot up, and i don't have the installer disks anymore. I don't care if the OS is still on there, because i am looking to just sell it. Any help would be appreciated.
     
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  2. simsaladimbamba, Jul 5, 2011
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    There may be, but if you have an Intel Mac, why not get the Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Upgrade DVD for your iMac and use that? The buyer will be glad to have some OS on it to use it right away.
     
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  3. Ponchobot, Jul 5, 2011

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    The mac is pretty much broken. It won't even boot up, so i'm just going to sell it to save me some trouble.
     
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  4. Gramp, Jul 6, 2011

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    You won't get much for it in non-working condition, so make it a condition of sale that the buyer removes the hard drive and gives it to you.

    They will probably want to upgrade the HDD anyway - or it needs replacing anyway because of h/w failure, rather than just cleaning up/ reformatting.
     
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