Need to reformat (wipe) Apple IIci--don't have any s/w CDs 4

[oscarb]

I do not know anything about Apple computers (nothing to brag about, just the reality). I have a Mac IIci that I need to wipe and get rid of. The software is evidently loaded fine on the h/d. I do not have any software CDs for this machine (nor an Apple floppy).

How can I take what I have got (the floppies I use for Linux and XP) and reformat this baby? Perhaps I do not even need to use a floppy. Please help. Thanks.

 

[jimoblak]

What do you mean by 'get rid of'?

This is a very old computer that I do not see being easily recycled. If you are simply disposing of the computer in the trash, remove the hard drive and smash it. This will secure your data.

I suspect that only a bootable Mac 800k floppy will work here.

- - picklefish - -
Why is everyone in this forum responding to me as picklefish?

 

[Baddoggy]

I finally decided to put my IICI into the trash last year....it was an old friend I had from new back in the early 90's...but saw no value in any of its components or as a piece of history....

Don't know what you intend to do with it...but If its something smart I missed, please DONT let me know...as I'll be sickened!

BD

BD

 

[scottian]

to wipe the drive you will need to obtain an apple system disk, since the apple needs to boot from somewhere. these are obtainable from various sites free. system 6 upto 8 i think.

you format the drive without this. other than actually hitting it with a hammer. and you wont be able to load xp onto an apple, different architecture altogether

"My God! It's full of stars...

 

[Claude72]

Hi

Just go to the Apple old software download page

http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html

and download
Macintosh/System/Older_System/System_7.5_Version_7.5.3/System_7.5.3_01of19.smi.bin
and the following files to 19of19.

This .smi files are virtual floppy-disks, allowing you to re-create a real floppy-disk with an utility called DiskCopy. Normally, one of this files (probably the 17th or the18th) is the "Utilities1" disk, containing a system and a drive setup, that will allow you to boot on the floppy and format your HD. I'm not sure, but I remember that Mac IIci has a HighDensity floppy (1.4 Mo). Don't worry about the original formatting of the floppy (XP or Unix floppies), DiskCopy will reformat it to the Mac format.

Best regards
Claude

 

[oscarb]

Thanks everybody. I found a SCSI card that was used for a tape drive in and old Dell Optiplex. I attached the MAC h/d to it and used Windows XP to reformat the Apple drive. I am going to save it and use it as a small D: drive now. But the rest of the computer is history.