i need to completely erase my macbook pro to stock form for resale

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i need to completely erase my macbook pro to stock form for resale

can someone give me the super detailed STEP-BY-STEP instructions for exactly what to do if i want to wipe my hard drive so it returns to stock form again?

i'm trying to resell it but i want it to be returned to stock

macbook pro, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Apr 29, 2008 7:08 AM

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Apr 29, 2008 7:10 AM in response to jakeface

Boot from the software install DVD that came with the computer and do an erase and install.

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Apr 29, 2008 7:12 AM in response to Templeton Peck

i don't have that install cd though!
i lost it!
what should i do?

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Apr 29, 2008 7:12 AM in response to jakeface

Welcome to the Forums!

Insert Install DVD 1, reboot with the c key pressed, select language, (optional step - if you have security concerns, at this point select Utilities menu > Disk Utility and Erase the drive with multiple passes), select Erase & Install, let the install occur, after the reboot, when the Setup Assistant runs, just Shut Down. The new owner will be presented with the Setup Assistant when the MBP is booted.

Hope this helps...

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Apr 29, 2008 7:14 AM in response to jakeface

You need to get one, and it should go with the MBP to the new owner. Call AppleCare.

Personally, I would not buy a used laptop without the original installation discs.

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Apr 29, 2008 7:13 AM in response to neuroanatomist

i'll give them a call then!

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Apr 29, 2008 7:15 AM in response to jakeface

could i just buy and use a lepoard disk?
is that what you mean by software disk?

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jakeface Author

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Apr 29, 2008 7:16 AM in response to jakeface

i mean is that a install dvd?

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Apr 29, 2008 7:19 AM in response to jakeface

basically what i'm saying is that when you said to use install DVD 1, did you mean the lepoard disk? could i just buy lepoard and use that new disk to wipe the hard drive and install lepoard?

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Apr 29, 2008 7:37 AM in response to jakeface

Yes. However, the software package that comes with a new Mac has more than what is just on a retail Leopard disk.

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Apr 29, 2008 7:38 AM in response to sig

what do you mean?
what am i going to be missing?

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Apr 29, 2008 8:21 AM in response to jakeface

iLife and other bundled apps.

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Apr 29, 2008 2:10 PM in response to neuroanatomist

The problem is that if your MBP came with Tiger OS then the new owner cannot install that on the Mac unless it is from the machine specific disks that came with the MBP when new. In any case how does one lose the vital components of a $2000+ machine?

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