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MacBook White Unibody won't boot from SL disc??
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<blockquote data-quote="EvenStranger" data-source="post: 1280614" data-attributes="member: 181804"><p>Well, as far as wiping the previous owner's stuff off the drive, here's what I would do.</p><p></p><p>1. Boot to the old user account (if the password is known).</p><p>2. Open System Preference->Accounts</p><p>3. Create a new Admin account for yourself. </p><p>4. Log out of the old account.</p><p>5. Log into the new account.</p><p>6. Open System Preferences->Accounts</p><p>7. Delete the old account. When prompted, remove user data and click OK.</p><p></p><p>At this point, you're in a new, pristine account, with none of the old garbage at the user level the old account had. The applications are still intact.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EvenStranger, post: 1280614, member: 181804"] Well, as far as wiping the previous owner's stuff off the drive, here's what I would do. 1. Boot to the old user account (if the password is known). 2. Open System Preference->Accounts 3. Create a new Admin account for yourself. 4. Log out of the old account. 5. Log into the new account. 6. Open System Preferences->Accounts 7. Delete the old account. When prompted, remove user data and click OK. At this point, you're in a new, pristine account, with none of the old garbage at the user level the old account had. The applications are still intact. [/QUOTE]
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