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12-04-2013, 09:14 AM
Now Im in disk utility, I can erase drive but why is security options greyed out, i want to do a 5 pass but is greyed out... |
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12-04-2013, 01:20 PM
You need to boot from the recovery partition...command + r (no plus sign). - Nick - Too many "beachballs", read this: Beachballs - Computer seems slower than it used to? Read this for some slow computer tips: Speedup - Almost full hard drive? Some solutions. Out of Space - Apple Battery Info. Battery |
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12-04-2013, 08:56 PM
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12-04-2013, 11:25 PM
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To be very honest...doing what you want to do is normally a very very straight-forward task. Rarely has someone run into this much trouble doing a secure erase on a computer HD prior to selling. - Nick - Too many "beachballs", read this: Beachballs - Computer seems slower than it used to? Read this for some slow computer tips: Speedup - Almost full hard drive? Some solutions. Out of Space - Apple Battery Info. Battery |
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12-05-2013, 12:42 AM
Reformat my MacBook Pro HD The OP needs to do exactly what you need to do. Sell their computer & erase the HD before selling. Very simple process: - Boot into the recovery partition - Launch Disk Utility - Erase the HD Good to go!  - Nick - Too many "beachballs", read this: Beachballs - Computer seems slower than it used to? Read this for some slow computer tips: Speedup - Almost full hard drive? Some solutions. Out of Space - Apple Battery Info. Battery |
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12-05-2013, 05:02 AM
I don't see why that is relevant. I have booted into recovery partition, I can erase the drive ok but I cannot click security options to select and 5 or 7 pass erase.. |
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12-05-2013, 08:14 AM
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It's like a friend asking a question. We can quit asking questions and quit helping also. None of us get paid to do this... we're all here trying to help out because we like doing it. I cannot be held responsible for the things that come out of my mouth. In the Windows world, most everything folks don't understand is called a virus. |
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12-05-2013, 08:33 AM
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Since the "erase the HD" situation has now taken a week+...I didn't know how that impacted things. Have a good one, - Nick - Too many "beachballs", read this: Beachballs - Computer seems slower than it used to? Read this for some slow computer tips: Speedup - Almost full hard drive? Some solutions. Out of Space - Apple Battery Info. Battery |
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12-05-2013, 04:06 PM
This is turning into a bit of debacle and I can assure you its unintended on my behalf, I have never had so much bother wiping a hard drive.... And problems continue, i hit the erase button, hard drive is wiped but restarting mac I can't get to the osx install... Now I have nothing, no operating system to boot to, have pressed command r, no joy, pressed c, pressed option....im getting absolutely nothing. At best if I wait, I can a grey screen on my external monitor with a mouse arrow which I can move about ok but nothing of any help.... Have bootable dvd of mountain lion, have pressed c while superdrive connected but no luck....im in process of making a usb bootable copy of mavericks.... But things don't appear bright.... Are there any other types of lcd screen thats are compatible with the macbook air display cable socket on the motherboard and I can possible hook up another display temporarily to get it sorted... |
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12-05-2013, 08:29 PM
One of the options is to install OS X. I cannot be held responsible for the things that come out of my mouth. In the Windows world, most everything folks don't understand is called a virus. |
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12-06-2013, 07:51 AM
How about sharing how you ultimately solved it for the next person with the same issue? Am sure there will be plenty of others with dead screens wanting to pass along their computers. I cannot be held responsible for the things that come out of my mouth. In the Windows world, most everything folks don't understand is called a virus. |
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