Clearing harddrive and starting over.

mrbuttersworth2 · mrbuttersworth2 #1 (**permalink**)

01-11-2010, 08:21 PM

I have one of the older Macbooks with OS X 10.4.11. I was wondering if I could just completely clear the harddrive, buy the box set with the OS X Snow Lepord and just start completely over. Thanks ahead for any help.

6string · 6string #2 (**permalink**)

01-11-2010, 08:28 PM

that's not at all a problem.... when you boot from your leopard or snow leopard disc, just choose language and click continue, then go to utilities/disk utility in the menu bar, select Macintosh HD in the left column and click erase tab, make sure that it is formatted as mac os extended (journalled), then click erase under that.
Once this is done, quit disk utility and continue with installation as normal.

Mac Pro · Mac Pro #3 (**permalink**)

01-11-2010, 10:00 PM

Yes, your idea will work fine. Just a friendly reminder, there is no need to make 2 threads on the same topic.

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mrbuttersworth2 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 11, 2010 Location: United States Posts: 2 Mac Specs: Original Macbook. OS X 10.4.11.	01-11-2010, 08:21 PM I have one of the older Macbooks with OS X 10.4.11. I was wondering if I could just completely clear the harddrive, buy the box set with the OS X Snow Lepord and just start completely over. Thanks ahead for any help.
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6string #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 09, 2009 Location: Down Under :D Posts: 5,484 Mac Specs: Back to my old 2.2GHz C2D MB after selling my MBP and wondering what my next Mac will be :)	01-11-2010, 08:28 PM that's not at all a problem.... when you boot from your leopard or snow leopard disc, just choose language and click continue, then go to utilities/disk utility in the menu bar, select Macintosh HD in the left column and click erase tab, make sure that it is formatted as mac os extended (journalled), then click erase under that. Once this is done, quit disk utility and continue with installation as normal.
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