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I want to erase my hard drive. I went to disk utility but erase is not activated. What do I do? My Mac OS is 10.8.5.

How do you erase the hard drive? I went to disk utility but erase was not activated. My Mac OS is 10.8.5. I want to recycle this machine because I have a new one.

iMac (21.5-inch Late 2009), iOS 10.8.5

Posted on Oct 9, 2015 9:42 AM

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Posted on Oct 9, 2015 12:12 PM

Clickhereand follow the instructions. When you reach step 5, insert its original disk, restart with the C or Option key held down, use the Disk Utility to erase the internal drive, and install a fresh OS.

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I want to erase my hard drive. I went to disk utility but erase is not activated. What do I do? My Mac OS is 10.8.5.

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