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Factory reset from HighSierra

Has anyone been able to do this?


iMac 21.5", macOS 10.13

Posted on May 4, 2020 3:45 AM

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Posted on May 4, 2020 3:58 AM

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If you mean something else, please explain.

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May 8, 2020 8:31 AM in response to D from SF

ok. well there's an easy solution to just wiping the hard drive if that's all you want to do. There's a product I've used for years that is NIST certified to wipe a drive clean. You can download a copy of WIPEDRIVE from White Canyon Software. Go to:

https://whitecanyon.com/home-products


Use the promotion code HOMEFREE to download or pay just shipping cost to get a USB stick loaded with it. The product is free, but pay just a few bucks to ship it.

The copy I've had for years is based on DR-Dos and is self booting. It will find your drive (s) and let you pick which you want to wipe and what algorithm you want to use. The one I used most times is the DOD model. Plan to let it run overnight as it does take quite awhile on even a solid state drive, much less a spinner, and especially if it's multi gig or terabyte.


Hope that helps you out. Perhaps with a totally blank drive you can partition it the way you want and reload your software.


Steve

Factory reset from HighSierra

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