Mini mac clean up help

hi i am thinking of selling my mini mac
to claw back some pennies from buying an imac
how do i clear all my stuff off of it so its clean
mini mac 1.83 1 gb
thanks malc

Hi malcs-
Make sure you have everything you need off of the Mini.
Boot from your original system install disks that came with the machine. Use Disk Utility to securely erase the disk. Seven passes should be enough and that will take many hours to accomplish. If you are really paranoid like me go with 35 passes and come back in a couple of days
Install the system from those disks onto the Mini.
When it boots to the screen running the installer select command-Q to quit and shut it down.
Make sure to include the original disks that came with the machine, as doing otherwise breaks some laws and stuff.
Luck-
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