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Jan 29, 2009 2:32 PM in response to Mike Lesnettby Limnos,★Helpful[Post on just this topic a few hours ago|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8899333#8899333]
[Formatting & Partitioning a Hard Drive in OS X|http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/partitioningtiger.html]
[Journaling, Zeroing, Partitioning & OS 9 driver|http://forums.bombich.com/viewtopic.php?t=4084]
[Kappy's extensive hard drive formatting post|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8340551�]
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Jan 29, 2009 2:36 PM in response to Mike Lesnettby BDAqua,★HelpfulHi Mike,
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the Erase tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Highlight the drive, select Erase Tab, then Format type... MacOS Extended Journalled, select the Security Options button, choose Zero Out Data, Erase... after completion hopefully you'll be able to install. -
Jan 29, 2009 2:50 PM in response to BDAquaby Limnos,Note that with a brand new drive you may need to partition the drive to a compatible format before simply formatting - see the post earlier today to which I referred.