You want to wait until the screen fully comes up. Now, just press command+F5 to stat VO. Be aware that because you are now running off the DVD, the response will be a littel sluggist. Once you are in the menu structure, you will see the utilities menu.
Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! A Very Proud and Happy Mac User!!! E-Mail: rforetjr at comcast dot net Skype Name: barefootedray On Oct 8, 2010, at 6:01 PM, Claus Thøgersen wrote: Hi, After starting up using c to boot on the dvd, I manually start the install program, but there is no utility menu, there is on the first screen a utility program button, but if I press the button I either have to select a go back button or the Mac will reboot back on the hard disk again. Claus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Foret Jr" <rfore...@comcast.net> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 12:42 AM Subject: Re: reformating my system volume The thing you're overlooking is that, once the install comes up, you need to go to the utility menu and from there, select the disk utility. You should be familuar with what to do from there. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! A Very Proud and Happy Mac User!!! E-Mail: rforetjr at comcast dot net Skype Name: barefootedray On Oct 8, 2010, at 5:33 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: You should see an erase disk. I don't know why that is not there. anyone? S On Oct 8, 2010, at 3:26 PM, Claus Thøgersen wrote: > Hi, > > since I have some strange problems on the web, I would like to reformat and > then reinstall 10.6.4 on my Mini. > I have tried to install from the 10.6 dvd, but found that settings and files > placed on the Mac before was still on the hard disk. > I have tried to boot from the cd, and starting the disk utility, but I am > only allowed to delete unused space on my system volume. > If I insert a flash drive I can see the format options that I do not have > with the system volume. > > Is there an option I am missing out when I perform a reinstall from the cd > that will reformat before reinstall? > > Claus > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
