Okay. thanks. Sorry, but I've never formatted a disk on a Mac. Donna On Aug 29, 2011, at 11:23 AM, Cody wrote:
> By whiping, I mean, once you've backed up all your data, put the original > disk taht came with the mac in, and completely format the hard drive. put the > disk in and reboot your mac holding down the c key until the disk begins to > wurr > On Aug 29, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > >> Hey Cody, >> >> Sorry if this is a dumb question, but how does one "wipe" the hard disk? I >> checked in finder, but saw no command for doing this. Should I just do one >> huge send to trash? >> Thanks, >> Donna >> >> On Aug 29, 2011, at 9:05 AM, Cody wrote: >> >>> Donna, if you whipe the drive and reinstall OSX 10, you should be fine. >>> this way you wont' have tow orry about removing your data by hand... >>> On Aug 29, 2011, at 8:19 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> If I can ever get my data over to the MBA, I'm going to be selling my MBP. >>>> In preparation for that, I'm wondering about the most efficacious way to >>>> remove my data from the MBP. Of course I can just delete things like >>>> documents, but I want to make sure that all my user info is also gone >>>> before I send it to someone else. Can anyone advise on this? >>>> Thanks, >>>> Donna >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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.
