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On Aug 29, 2011, at 12:10 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi donna, > > If you are using Lion, a dvd is not even needed. Just restart your computer > and when you hear the start up chime, press command R. Wait a minute or 2 > and then press command f5 to start voiceover. You will now be in Lions > recovery partition. Here you choose your language and pick disk utility. In > disk utility, pick your hard drive from the table and then select the erase > tab. Follow the prompts. The next time your computer restarts, it will be > like when you turned it on the first time. > > hth > > Ricardo Walker > rwalker...@gmail.com > Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 > www.mobileaccess.org > > On Aug 29, 2011, at 11:41 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > >> 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. >> > > -- > 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.
