Switcher Looking to Reformat

I bought my iBook g3 800mhz back in May from eBay for 389$USD(did i get a good deal?) and to my surprise it still had the applecare until June of '07! Anyways, since then I have upgraded the RAM to 384 and because I was running tiger, things were running much better. But now, I can't help but think that I should have reformatted and reinstalled my OSX when I first got the laptop. The performance seems to be declining slowly now, and since I haven't reformated it yet. I think now would be a good time to.

How do I do this? I was never good at doing in on a PC, though I can do everything else(even build them from parts).

Just stick in the original install disk and hit "Restart".

surfwax95 said:

Just stick in the original install disk and hit "Restart".

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lol, no kidding? its that easy? will this reformat the hard drive and reinstall the OS?

Simplicity...another reason I love mac.

If it's an OS X Install Disk, then yes, it will give you options to reformat and erase all data, or just reinstall the OS around existing data (Archive & Install).

Good luck!