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Old 08-11-2007
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Mac pc

Hey guys can anyone help


i've been assigned to wipe two hard drives on MAC SE computers
i've never used or troubleshoot a mac pc before
so i don't know how would i go about when trying to erase these mac hard drives.
I would really apreciate any help that you may give.
Thanks!
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Old 08-12-2007
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those drives are SCSI based! You need a scsi enclosure with power supply,
an appropriate cable (there are 3), a system with a scsi card.

move the HD to the enclosure and then you could then cable up to another system(do not hot-plug scsi; power off the system!) and run FORMAT.

IF the Mac SE will boot, you can just delete all application files and save $$$ and time.
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Old 08-20-2007
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Are you required to put an operating system on there?
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Old 08-20-2007
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as shown above ...
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i've been assigned to wipe two hard drives on MAC SE
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Old 08-20-2007
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Yes, but I take it the reason for the 'wiping' is so that they can be given to new owners. A machine without an O/S would be pretty useless. I am just trying to establish what the intentions are
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I wipe all HDs when I donate or even trash a system -- S E C U R I T Y and privacy

the MAC Se is a 80086 Motorola chip running --- get this -- 10mhz!

no one would try to use one
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Old 08-21-2007
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lol You'd be surprised!! There are some Mac enthusiasts there that would give anything for one of them!!!
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Old 08-21-2007
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Well they're certainly nice conversation pieces
(btw: the os would be 7.1)

We started with Macs in '89 with a IIci at 25mhz, 512mb and a whole 120mb hd
and thru the years have move to a 9500 and now an eMac.
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Old 08-21-2007
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lol my first Mac was a IIcx 16MHz, 8MB RAM (after upgrade) and oooo...... 40MB HDD - shocking!
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