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<blockquote data-quote="twitchymike@mac" data-source="post: 1258907" data-attributes="member: 15927"><p>You have Tiger.</p><p></p><p>First, reboot and stick the disk in there, and hold down the <strong>'C'</strong> key before the chime as you start up. I'd be surprised if ANY Mac OS X installation DVD doesn't work. I've had an old MacBook and put a previous version on there. You're starting fresh, ignoring what's on the hard disk. This saves paying for Snow. I hope the disk is not damaged.</p><p></p><p>As it loads, before installing, if you really want to erase the hard disk, use Utilities --> Disk Utility first, and scrub the disk, choosing HFS+ (journaled) unless you have a preference.</p><p></p><p>If I was you, I'd just use the system you have already. No need to fix, if it's not broken. You can remove any junk you don't like.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="twitchymike@mac, post: 1258907, member: 15927"] You have Tiger. First, reboot and stick the disk in there, and hold down the [B]'C'[/B] key before the chime as you start up. I'd be surprised if ANY Mac OS X installation DVD doesn't work. I've had an old MacBook and put a previous version on there. You're starting fresh, ignoring what's on the hard disk. This saves paying for Snow. I hope the disk is not damaged. As it loads, before installing, if you really want to erase the hard disk, use Utilities --> Disk Utility first, and scrub the disk, choosing HFS+ (journaled) unless you have a preference. If I was you, I'd just use the system you have already. No need to fix, if it's not broken. You can remove any junk you don't like. [/QUOTE]
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