IMac Snow clean up

Hello,
I have an iMac snow ( I got in late 2004) and just upgraded to an ibook this year.. I want to sell the iMac I have but would like to "clean" it up. I've transfered all info to my ibook but deleting items doesn't mean things are "deleted".
Is there something I can do to "clean up" the hardrive (the whole computer) before I sell it?
any help would be appreciated.
Thanksd
claudia

diagirl01, Welcome to the discussion area!
When you get ready to sell your iMac, boot from the OS 10.2 install CD. From the Apple menu, select Disk Utility. In Disk Utility, check the option to write all zeroes. Then use Disk Utility to reformat the hard drive.
Then boot from your iMac restore CD and restore the iMac to the way it was when it shipped from Apple.

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