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<blockquote data-quote="hotlips69" data-source="post: 1257165" data-attributes="member: 205537"><p>I've decided for security purposes to securely wipe (at least 3 writes) the hard drive before attempting my clean install.</p><p></p><p>Can you recommend any free software that would let me do this? (I've tried booting from a good Windows one, but it doesn't seem to like the Mac!)</p><p></p><p>Am I correct in thinking that if I hold either the "c" or "alt" down when I power up the mac, it will let me autoboot whatever DVD is in the drive regardless, and if not, how can I make any DVD autoboot if I want it to?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hotlips69, post: 1257165, member: 205537"] I've decided for security purposes to securely wipe (at least 3 writes) the hard drive before attempting my clean install. Can you recommend any free software that would let me do this? (I've tried booting from a good Windows one, but it doesn't seem to like the Mac!) Am I correct in thinking that if I hold either the "c" or "alt" down when I power up the mac, it will let me autoboot whatever DVD is in the drive regardless, and if not, how can I make any DVD autoboot if I want it to? [/QUOTE]
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