CLEANING MY (HD) HARDRIVE

I wonder if this can be done on iBOOK. I would like to delete everything on my Harddrive including clearing out the RAM space.
Also, I want to keep some programs.

Hi Q1, To totally wipe everything on your hard drive put in your OS X install CD/DVD and restart holding down he 'C' key. Your iBook will then boot from the install disk. After the blue 'language' screen you will see 'utilities' at the top left of the screen. From there go to disk utility>erase. Select options and you have the choice of single pass (takes a long time), 7xpass (takes 7 times longer), 35xpass (got the picture?) zero overwrite.
Save anything that you want saving to another medium (CDs, external HD) before you do this 'cos you will lose everything.
You have got your install disk(s) haven't you?
Have fun!
ibook G4, iMac G4 (10.3.9)   Mac OS X (10.4.4)   Belkin Wireless F5D7632

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