How can I clean out my Powerbook G4 now that I have sold it?

I have sold my G4, and want to leave no personal information behind. I have a Leopard disk, but when I insert it, it gets ejected.... Thanks, Bill

As you have posted in the PB 15" Aluminum forum (which models came with 10.3 or 10.4) we must assume that the Leopard disk you refer to came from elsewhere.
Also presumably you mean Leopard (10.5) and not Snow Leopard (10.6) which won't run on a PB G4.
Is it a retail copy of Leopard (for any compatible Mac) or a model specific version that came bundled with another Mac? If the latter that is likely to be causing the problem.
With an install disk that will run your PB you could use Disk Utility to zero the HD and then reinstall a new OS.

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