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<blockquote data-quote="reapersllilgirl" data-source="post: 15533">RE:&nbsp; Clean installI am new to mac.&nbsp; I took a graphics class in college, and afterwards I purchased a used imac.&nbsp; The guy I bought it from obviously new less than me about macs.The programs were missing drivers, the hard drive was missing extensions, etd., etc.Anyway, I got the install disks, the restore disks, the applications disk, and a hardware test disk (or something like that...they are not in front of me right now) from the guy with the computer.He has all kind of other stuff in the computer that I care nothing about and don't want to keep any of it.&nbsp; I wanted to erase the hard drive and perform a clean install.&nbsp; I thought this would take everything off the computer...but it didn't.&nbsp; There were still programs of his in it and application files, and all kind of stuff.&nbsp; There was a lot of things on it that I had just did, including a new hard drive (I knew this because it had a icon for previous hard dirve).How do I completely erase everything and start like it just came from the factory?&nbsp; It is an imac, running 9.2.1.&nbsp; It also came with 10.something.something...and I have no idea what to do with it.Any help would be greatly appreciated.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="reapersllilgirl, post: 15533"] [b]RE: Clean install[/b] I am new to mac. I took a graphics class in college, and afterwards I purchased a used imac. The guy I bought it from obviously new less than me about macs. The programs were missing drivers, the hard drive was missing extensions, etd., etc. Anyway, I got the install disks, the restore disks, the applications disk, and a hardware test disk (or something like that...they are not in front of me right now) from the guy with the computer. He has all kind of other stuff in the computer that I care nothing about and don't want to keep any of it. I wanted to erase the hard drive and perform a clean install. I thought this would take everything off the computer...but it didn't. There were still programs of his in it and application files, and all kind of stuff. There was a lot of things on it that I had just did, including a new hard drive (I knew this because it had a icon for previous hard dirve). How do I completely erase everything and start like it just came from the factory? It is an imac, running 9.2.1. It also came with 10.something.something...and I have no idea what to do with it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. [/QUOTE]

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