Is it possible to erase a Power Mac G5 without the disk

Is it possible to erase/clean a Power Mac G5 without the disc? We have the disk, but when ever we try to start up from it, the fan just gets louder and louder, and the circle spins on the desktop and never loads. We are trying to clean the computer off so we can sell it. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks!

We have the disk, but when ever we try to start up from it, the fan just gets louder and louder, and the circle spins on the desktop and never loads.
I'd make a quick run at resurrecting the opticl drive first. Optical drives get dirty and that can make them stupid. For US$5-15, you can get a brush-type drive cleaning disk. It is remarkable how many seemingly dead drives come back to life with a cleaning.
I'd also examine the disk closely to see it it's damaged or dirty. I had a disk that refused to work in a drive that worked with everything else. Looked closely at the offending disk and found there was peanut butter(!) on it. Washing it off in the kitchen sink and a loving chat with my peanut butter-eating son fixed the problem.

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