I have an old imag and it will not let me erase the hard drive only free space ...

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I have an old imag and it will not let me erase the hard drive only free space ...

I have an old iMac and it will not let me erase the hard drive only free space ... it is running 10.5.8

Posted on Jul 17, 2020 7:16 AM

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den.thed

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Jul 17, 2020 7:26 AM in response to NotJobs

To erase and format the internal hard drive, you will need to startup and run Disk Utility from the original gray 10.5 Install Disc #1, a Retail Snow Leopard Upgrade DVD or OS X on an External Hard Drive.

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rkaufmann87

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Jul 17, 2020 7:20 AM in response to NotJobs

You need to boot from either the original DVD that shipped with the computer or a Snow Leopard DVD avaiable on E-bay. That is the only way you can erase the internal HD from Disk Utility. The SL DVD will look like:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mac-Os-X-Snow-Leopard-10-6-3-MAC-DVD-advanced-operating-system-macintosh-OSX/264791235868?hash=item3da6c99d1c:g:488AAOSwLmtfB-VV

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NotJobs Author

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Jul 17, 2020 1:00 PM in response to NotJobs

Thank you. I had that disc and that worked

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den.thed

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Jul 17, 2020 1:02 PM in response to NotJobs

You're welcome.

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NotJobs Author

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Jul 17, 2020 1:28 PM in response to rkaufmann87

Thank you. This was actually a 2006 but I had the disk 10.5 for a 2010 and that worked. Both are being recycled so I wanted to leave Apple with clean machines. So thank you again.

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NotJobs Author

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Jul 17, 2020 1:29 PM in response to NotJobs

Thank you as well. It worked as per my post above

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I have an old imag and it will not let me erase the hard drive only free space ...

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