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Wiping and reinstalling OS X iBook
Name: Stevie Date: May 12, 2002 at 15:02:48 Pacific
Comment:
I have a new iBook and would like to wipe it and reinstall OS X with a new clean installation.
If I boot from CDand then format my hard drive and restart, will it allow me to boot with the CD again and can I install OS X straight from there?
Do I have to reinstall OS 9 first again? I would love to know all there is to know to this process and what to do because I am a Windows expert migrated to mac as a mac novice!
No reason to restart after formating the drive. Just use Drive setup and format the drive. I would also partition the drive, depending on the size of the drive.
You don't have to install OS 9, you can just install OS X, so boot from the OS X CD.
After you're finished formatting the drive, go ahead and install the operating system.
how do i get "drive setup" to use? to format this thing. Its pissing me off because I can't reformat it. I'm a unix programmer and I can't enven format this thing. I have to say installing Linux is easier than trying to reformat & installing OSX!
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Response Number 4
Name: the pickle Date: July 1, 2002 at 21:59:44 Pacific
Reply:
If you boot from the CD it came with, Disk Utility (OS X) or Drive Setup (OS 9) is easily available on the CD.
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