IMac 2007 factory reset Disk Utility version

I have a 2007 Intel iMac I'm trying to prepare for sale as I've upgraded. It is running Mountain Lion but came with Tiger pre-installed.
Following instructions here, I have booted with the Tiger install Disk 1 in the drive, whilst holding C. The next step I'm told is to launch the Disk Utility from the installer and erase my drive. In the Install Disc Applications fodler, Disk Utility has a cross / 'cannot use' symbol, and so trying to start it gives a message:
You can't use this version of "Disk Utility.app" with this version of OS X. You have "Disk Utility.app" 10.5.8
Should I use the version under my usual home/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility instead? This is version 13 (426). Not sure it makes sense to do so.
Presuming I can erase the drive, will I then be prompted to reinstall the OS from the disk? I guess this means the next user gets to do a fresh Set Up but they are stuck with Tiger.
TIA

when assign the disks did you run "disk assign <disk_name> -p <pool ID>"Are the disks you want to reassign already part of an aggregate or are they marked as spare?

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I am considering performing a factory reset of my iMac 5k. I'm not liking the way I setup the user accounts and share settings (it's a home computer shared among family members). And I'm finding some issues with my iTunes music setup. I set it up right after Christmas and still my original files on my pc so I won't be losing much by doing a reset.
My questions are:
What is the best way to do this (I've briefly viewed a coupke of videos)? Any recommended articles?
Will the steps for factory reset make computer like it was "out of the box"? Including all user accounts fully deleted?
is there any risks involved or is a reset I'll-advise?
I am new to iMacs and seem to much more now than I did 2 weeks ago. But still have a lot to learn.
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Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Erase the hard drive:
1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
2. After DU loads select your startup volume (usually Macintosh HD) from the
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3. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on
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4. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall OS X: Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Install button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
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Get an external drive of sufficient capacity to hold everything on your internal drive.
Partition and format the external drive.
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1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Apply button and wait until the process has completed.
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5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
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Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
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     4. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it
         to the Destination entry field.
     5. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to
         the Source entry field.
     6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the external backup drive. Source means the internal startup drive.
Boot from the external drive.
Boot Using OPTION key:
1. Restart the computer.
2. Immediately after the chime press and hold down the
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3. Release the key when the boot manager appears.
4. Select the external disk icon from which you want to boot.
5. Click on the arrow button below the icon.
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Want to upgrade from 10.6.8 to yosemite and I have a imac 2007, and enough disk space. but when trying to download, I get a "I can't" due to a list of possible issues, but how to isolate the problem?
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i recently installed snow leopard to my macbook 13 inch and wanted to reformat my usb flash drive and external buffalo mini station. the disk utility cannot be used. the computer said i cant use this version of disk utility with mac os x snow leopard coz i have disk utility version 11.1.
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I am on Mac OS 10.5.1 and in Disk Utility Version 11.0 (252), in the left column, I see a disk icon while in fact no disk is inserted in disk-drive.
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FYI: I number my points so you can respond by number without having to quote the text. If you use corresponding numbers in your replies, it makes it easier.
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"Try Disk Utility
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