OS 10.5 - How do you erase a macbook hd?

NYCMACMAN · NYCMACMAN #1 (**permalink**)

11-01-2008, 06:42 PM

I recently received my teachers laptop that was broken (screen was smashed i removed it) Now she wants to sell it but i need to clear the hd and dont have the disks do you have any ideas? Thanks kyle

lifeafter2am · lifeafter2am #2 (**permalink**)

11-01-2008, 06:49 PM

In order to format the HDD you need the disks, not to mention you need them to install the OS again.

NYCMACMAN · NYCMACMAN #3 (**permalink**)

11-02-2008, 12:01 AM

so there is now way i can delete it other wise? I dont care about reinstalling bec its being sold...thanks kyle

lifeafter2am · lifeafter2am #4 (**permalink**)

11-02-2008, 12:05 AM

What do you want to delete? You can delete files and such off of it, but the disk utility won't let you format the drive that it is running on.

The only thing you could do is if you have an external HDD you could download SuperDuper, clone the disk, load from the clone, then use the cloned OS to delete everything on the original machine HDD.

umang7888 · umang7888 #5 (**permalink**)

11-02-2008, 03:08 AM

You can also try Target Disk Mode! macosxhints.com - Mount a trashed hard drive using Target Disk mode

lifeafter2am #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 25, 2006 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,395 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro Unibody	11-01-2008, 06:49 PM In order to format the HDD you need the disks, not to mention you need them to install the OS again. masakatsu agatsu @lifeafter2am
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lifeafter2am #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 25, 2006 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,395 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro Unibody	11-02-2008, 12:05 AM What do you want to delete? You can delete files and such off of it, but the disk utility won't let you format the drive that it is running on. The only thing you could do is if you have an external HDD you could download SuperDuper, clone the disk, load from the clone, then use the cloned OS to delete everything on the original machine HDD. masakatsu agatsu @lifeafter2am
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umang7888 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 29, 2008 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 118 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 15" 2.5 GHz 2 GB RAM 250 GB HDD NViDA GeForce 8600 GMT	11-02-2008, 03:08 AM You can also try Target Disk Mode! macosxhints.com - Mount a trashed hard drive using Target Disk mode iPod 5.5 Gen Video 30 GB \| iPod Classic 80 GB \|Airport Express \| MacBook Pro Penryn 2.5 GHz \| 2 GB RAM \| NVida GeFroce 8600 GMT\|
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Member Since: May 27, 2008 Location: nj Posts: 340 Mac Specs: Black Macbook 2.0 Core 2 duo, Alienware 7700 3.2ghz, Iphone,Imac g5,Powebook 15" 1.5ghz	11-01-2008, 06:42 PM I recently received my teachers laptop that was broken (screen was smashed i removed it) Now she wants to sell it but i need to clear the hd and dont have the disks do you have any ideas? Thanks kyle
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