I want to completely reinstall mac os 7.5 onto my 8100/110

I'm trying to reinstall mac os 7.5.3 from the 19 part files from apple, but that doesn't wipe all the old stuff off the hard drive. I'd like to start it fresh. Anyone konw how to do this, step by step?

OK, that 8.1 disk tools disk did the job, thanks. For anyone who is interested, I'll write what i did to get OS 7.5.3 on my 8100/110.
Ok, first I used the disk tools floppy from os 8.1, swaped out one of the programs on the main directory for HD SC and booted from that. I initialized the hard drive, then copied the system folder from that floppy onto the hard drive.
Then i rebooted, loaded from the hard drive, and put the PPC enabler 1.1.1 into a folder in the hard drive (I used the name "7.5.3", origional, eh?) Then i put in the 7.5 network access disk. I copied that into "7.5.3". Then i rebooted off the disk tools disk again.
Now, booted from the floppy, i deleted the disk tools system folder from the hard drive, then moved the 7.5 NAD (network access disk) system folder to main directory of the hard drive with the enabler inside it. I "blessed" it and reboted.
Now i have essentially a 7.5 NAD floppy on the hard drive. I connected my 8100 to my 7300/180 via their printer ports, and copied the 19 parts of the installer over to the 8100 from the 7300. When that was done i booted from the disk tools disk again, deleted the system folder from the hard drive, leaving only the folder holding the 7.5.3 instalation, which i proceded to run. Everything went well and my next step is the 7.5.5 upgrade, which should be no problem. Thanks for the help again!
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nachX00 wrote:
HD is almost empty. 10 GB out of 320 used.
Retail SL
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very new to mac...
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flamebliss wrote:
yes wen i try booting in Safe Mode it behave the same. i have downloaded the combo update of 10.7.5 from another laptop, so how do i run it on my mac. THANKS for helping
The goal is to mount the combo update .dmg on the desktop and then open and run it. If you can't get to the desktop to begin with, that won't work. Another approach is to treat the Mac's hard disk as just another HD by using a second Mac and then connecting the problematic one via Target Disk Mode. See http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1661. Note that both Macs will need Firewire ports and you'll need a FIrewire cable to connect them. With the combo updater, one of the steps in the process is to select the drive you want to install the update on. Once you're successfully connected in Target Disk Mode, the problematic drive should appear in the list.
If that doesn't work or Target Disk Mode isn't possible, the only other solution is to boot into Recovery Mode; see http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4718. Note that once booted into recovery mode, you have access to Disk Utility, and you should try running Repair Disk after selecting the bad drive to see if something's wrong with the directory which could be fixed. When you select that drive, you should also look at S.M.A.R.T. Status at the bottom of the window. It should say "Verified." If it says Failing or Failed, the HD needs to be replaced.
If the HD is OK, all that's left that I can think of is to reinstall Lion using Recovery Mode. I hope you've maintained current backups or at least complete Time Machine backups. Of course, if you have a backup and the backup is bootable, you could boot from that, wipe the internal HD clean, and clone the backup onto the internal HD.

I want to completely reinstall mac os 7.5 onto my 8100/110

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