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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
Need to erase hard drive, screen cracked, no firewire
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1527387" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>As Slydude mentioned...plugging in an external monitor IS the EASY BUTTON!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>If you don't have an external monitor (almost anything will do)...then maybe you have a friend or relative that does that you could borrow from.</p><p></p><p>Beyond this...you can:</p><p></p><p>- remove the hard drive as I already mentioned (not really that hard)</p><p>- put it into an external case (about $10-$15 bucks)</p><p>- plug this into one of your other Mac computers you mentioned having (via the USB port)</p><p>- erase the HD</p><p>- reinstall the HD back into the original computer</p><p>- sell the computer for parts</p><p></p><p>If you cannot do the external monitor or HD removal ideas...then I am sorry to say that you are out of luck. These really are two very easy solutions (especially the external monitor)...so you really should be able to pursue one of them.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1527387, member: 56379"] As Slydude mentioned...plugging in an external monitor IS the EASY BUTTON!;) If you don't have an external monitor (almost anything will do)...then maybe you have a friend or relative that does that you could borrow from. Beyond this...you can: - remove the hard drive as I already mentioned (not really that hard) - put it into an external case (about $10-$15 bucks) - plug this into one of your other Mac computers you mentioned having (via the USB port) - erase the HD - reinstall the HD back into the original computer - sell the computer for parts If you cannot do the external monitor or HD removal ideas...then I am sorry to say that you are out of luck. These really are two very easy solutions (especially the external monitor)...so you really should be able to pursue one of them.:) - Nick [/QUOTE]
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