Hello all
Apologies if I'm writing in the wrong forum here but would be grateful if somebody could put my mind at ease.
I am selling my old eMac (G4, OSX, 2004/5) and the guy is coming to pick it up tomorrow.
This evening I tried to restore factory settings (primarily as I'm very keen this guy should have no access to any of my old files) by re-booting with the original OSX install CD, erasing and zeroing my hard drive and then reinstalling OSX.
Now whenever I switch the computer on, either with or without the CD inside, it takes me straight to the Apple welcome page (with the funny music and 'Welcome' written in lots of different languages), and then prompts me to set up a new Apple ID etc.
I'd be absolutely delighted if this meant I'd wiped all my files and this guy could start from scratch, but how can I be sure the files aren't on there any more without setting up my details again?!
I'm not particularly technical so would appreciate any (kind) words to the wise!
Marcy
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Apologies if I'm writing in the wrong forum here but would be grateful if somebody could put my mind at ease.
I am selling my old eMac (G4, OSX, 2004/5) and the guy is coming to pick it up tomorrow.
This evening I tried to restore factory settings (primarily as I'm very keen this guy should have no access to any of my old files) by re-booting with the original OSX install CD, erasing and zeroing my hard drive and then reinstalling OSX.
Now whenever I switch the computer on, either with or without the CD inside, it takes me straight to the Apple welcome page (with the funny music and 'Welcome' written in lots of different languages), and then prompts me to set up a new Apple ID etc.
I'd be absolutely delighted if this meant I'd wiped all my files and this guy could start from scratch, but how can I be sure the files aren't on there any more without setting up my details again?!
I'm not particularly technical so would appreciate any (kind) words to the wise!
Marcy
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