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We upgraded to the new unibody macbook and want to sell our old core duo, 2.0 GHz running Tiger.
I want to clear all of our personal data, but the superdrive is hit or miss as far as when it wants to work, and today it's completely miss.
I don't care about saving any of the applications we've added, as I wasn't going to include them anyway, but is there a way to clear our info off of the hard drive without needing the optical drive for recovery? Ideally I'd like to set the system up just how it was from the factory, like you would using the boot disc that I cannot use due to not having an optical drive.
Can I do it without deleting and reinstalling the operating system? If not, can I use an external hard drive to boot from? External optical drive?
Do I have any options without paying to get a new superdrive?
I have a buyer that has a new superdrive, but I'd rather not install it before the sale since I don't trust someone messing around the inside of my macbook that isn't authorized, and I sure as heck don't want to trust him to do the reinstall and erase all of my data.
Thanks for any input you guys may have.
I want to clear all of our personal data, but the superdrive is hit or miss as far as when it wants to work, and today it's completely miss.
I don't care about saving any of the applications we've added, as I wasn't going to include them anyway, but is there a way to clear our info off of the hard drive without needing the optical drive for recovery? Ideally I'd like to set the system up just how it was from the factory, like you would using the boot disc that I cannot use due to not having an optical drive.
Can I do it without deleting and reinstalling the operating system? If not, can I use an external hard drive to boot from? External optical drive?
Do I have any options without paying to get a new superdrive?
I have a buyer that has a new superdrive, but I'd rather not install it before the sale since I don't trust someone messing around the inside of my macbook that isn't authorized, and I sure as heck don't want to trust him to do the reinstall and erase all of my data.
Thanks for any input you guys may have.