Re: Erasing a Mac OS 7.1 harddrive using a PC

eadmati@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am on an IT contract, in a PC world running all Windows XP - I can
> hear the boo's now, but I got bills to pay too. :}
> Here is the deal - we have a box of old Mac laptops with OS 7.1. Only
> has a floppy drive and boots up with something on the hdd.
>
> I am asked to erase the harddrives, so we can sell/trash/give away
> these systems.
>
> I found a program called "Burn", it is a sit file, only about 88 kb.
> Here is the problem though - I cannot transfer this from an Pc (XP) to
> the mac, as the formatting on the floppy cannot be read on the mac. If
> I format on the mac, the PC cannot read it. So, what to do?
>
> Using a PC with XP, does anyone know how I can create some kind of
> either bootable or non-bootable floppy and what program (preferably
> free) that I can use to wipe the Apple laptop's harddrive?

no point to wipe the drive, just trash everything from the hd except the
system folder. done.

most floppy machines can also be booted from a "floppy". surely you have
a "disk 1" floating around. if not, call up your local mac user group,
google for them, there are hundreds of them around.

lastly, why are you even doing this? take them to a school, leave them
on the doorstep, run away.

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