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Mac Reformatting
Name: Rob Brasier Date: May 16, 2001 at 19:11:08 Pacific
Comment:
Is it possible to buy a PowerMac G4 (the new ones, running @ 5.5 gigaflops), format the hard drive, and install Win9x, Me, or 2K? I ask because I want that computational power, but I want the universal support that comes with Windows. Thanx
Summary: Two options... First is free and easy to do, but you'll lose all the data currently on the drive. Use Disk Utility (Applications/Utilities) to reformat the drive. If you are only going to use the driv...
Summary: sounds to me like your brother shouldn't be playing with the root account !!! the computer see's the users because they are still in the computer library folder. He just deleted their HOME folde...
Summary: not sure about system 7x?? in newer Mac you must use the disk utility to reformat the drive. If you are concerned with ghost code left behind you can,if avalible choose to zero all data. Also if you h...