PowerMac G5 - no discs?

[Keebler]

Hi folks,

I had given an older PowerMac G5 to a friend. He somehow got a virus/malware on it and it needs to be rewiped, but I don't have the discs and neither does he (at least, he can't find them). I had scolded him because when I gave him the G5, I explained to back it up with Time Machine, but he didn't.

So is there a way to wipe everything down to the most basic OS settings? ie. remove all content and start with a fresh OS install?

Not sure exactly what to do here.

Thanks,
Brian

 

[flowrider]

^^^^You may want to poise this question to the correct forum:

https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/powerpc-macs.145/

Lou

 

[Keebler]

^^^^You may want to poise this question to the correct forum:

https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/powerpc-macs.145/

Lou

Thanks Lou. I completely missed. Usually I'm good at finding the right places. Sorry about that.

Cheers,
Brian

 

[rawweb]

Viruses and malware are targeting power pc/OS X 10.5 and prior? The bad guys are getting bored..