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Pilgrims Pro

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Jan 30, 2003
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Hello all, I recently sold my Powerbook because I getting a 20" iMac. I need to ship it by the weekend, but I need to format and do a clean install. How would I go about doing this?

Thanks in advance!!!
 

buryyourbrideau

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Pilgrims Pro said:
Hello all, I recently sold my Powerbook because I getting a 20" iMac. I need to ship it by the weekend, but I need to format and do a clean install. How would I go about doing this?

Thanks in advance!!!

run disk utility, select your pb hd and erase it.

then install your OSX disk and then run the install. its clean of course because your HDD is empty
 

Pilgrims Pro

macrumors regular
Original poster
Jan 30, 2003
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buryyourbrideau said:
run disk utility, select your pb hd and erase it.

then install your OSX disk and then run the install. its clean of course because your HDD is empty

Hmmm, I thought there was another way, like an automated way or something.
 
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