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Erasing Macbook for re-sale
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<blockquote data-quote="james8786" data-source="post: 1369325" data-attributes="member: 237117"><p>Hi everyone</p><p></p><p>I was aghast to find my Macbook Pro (purchased Novemeber 2011) didn't come with a start-up disk for OS X Lion. Checking the net, it seems as though you need the disk in order to erase the hard drive.</p><p></p><p>However I've deleted everything manually, erased the trash, applications, web history, reset safari, ensured no data is stored on websites and all that. I also deleted my admin account and created a new Administrator account. </p><p></p><p>But then I discovered Disk Utility is already present without the disk, so I ran the erase hard-drive option 7x. </p><p></p><p>Is this 'enough'? By enough, I mean for re-sale to anybody who isn't a prodigious hacker. Or should I go to the apple store and use a disk?</p><p></p><p>Help would be much appreciated</p><p></p><p>James</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="james8786, post: 1369325, member: 237117"] Hi everyone I was aghast to find my Macbook Pro (purchased Novemeber 2011) didn't come with a start-up disk for OS X Lion. Checking the net, it seems as though you need the disk in order to erase the hard drive. However I've deleted everything manually, erased the trash, applications, web history, reset safari, ensured no data is stored on websites and all that. I also deleted my admin account and created a new Administrator account. But then I discovered Disk Utility is already present without the disk, so I ran the erase hard-drive option 7x. Is this 'enough'? By enough, I mean for re-sale to anybody who isn't a prodigious hacker. Or should I go to the apple store and use a disk? Help would be much appreciated James [/QUOTE]
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