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1a.: Re: Re-hab-ing a G4..how do i... From: J2210
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1a.: Re: Re-hab-ing a G4..how do i...

Posted by: "J2210" j_YahooReg200510@ordinary.com tw22102200

Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:52 pm (PST)

--- In macbook@yahoogroups.com, "chefdshaw" <davidalanshaw@...> wrote:
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> Hello, someone donated an old G4's to me. It has an administrator password set up that won't let me get around it but, I don't mind deleting the entire HD and starting over since I do have a G4 startup disk. Soooooooo how do I (or can I) delete the HD and reinstall the startup disk and start over? Everything about it seems fine and I can
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If you have the startup disks, use the main install disk and start up holding down the C key after the chime. When startup finishes, check out the menus, follow the instructions to format the drive (do partitions if you wish), then re-install the system. Study the steps because I may not be recalling all that is there. With a G4, I would not go beyond 10.5, but other opinions may vary. My G4 (733 & about 1.5 GB memory) is slow with Tiger. You could try just a clean install which will not wipe out the drive, but without more information I don't know what you need.

HTH
JH

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1b.: Re: Re-hab-ing a G4..how do i...

Posted by: "J2210" j_YahooReg200510@ordinary.com tw22102200

Sat Dec 24, 2011 12:20 am (PST)

--- In macbook@yahoogroups.com, "chefdshaw" <davidalanshaw@...> wrote:
>
> Hello, someone donated an old G4's to me. It has an administrator password set up that won't let me get around it but, I don't mind deleting the entire HD and starting over since I do have a G4 startup disk. Soooooooo how do I (or can I) delete the HD and reinstall the startup disk and start over? Everything about it seems fine and I can ----
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If you have the startup disks, use the main install disk and start up holding down the C key after the chime. When startup finishes, check out the menus, follow the instructions to format the drive (do partitions if you wish), then re-install the system. Study the steps because I may not be recalling all that is there. With a G4, I would not go beyond 10.4, but other opinions may vary. My G4 (733 & about 1.5 GB memory) is slow with Tiger. You could try just a clean install which will not wipe out the drive, but without more information I don't know what you need.

HTH
JH

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