Restore powerbook g4 to factory default without cd

My sister purchased a powerbook g4 from a pawn shop. It has a password on it. How can I reset the powerbook to factory defaults without the install cds? Will this remove the password and computer name etc? Also, can Snow Leopard or Lion be installed on a powerbook once that is done? Thanks.

1. You can't. Phone Apple Support and order replacement disks, or use a retail Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5 DVD, or contact the people it was bought from.
2. See #1.
3. No.
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Preventing users from restoring to factory defaults

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@arachnologist,
There isn't really an official way to prevent a full system recovery from being performed. By resetting the system to factory default, I take it you are referring to the F11 system recovery provided by HP which would return it to an out of the box condition.
Since this process takes place outside of Windows, setting permissions or making changes inside windows itself will not prevent this. However, you could make sure you have working recovery disks for the unit and then delete the recovery partition. Removing the recovery partition would eliminate the easy method of restoring the unit to factory defaults since the recovery partition (where the factory reset retrieves the files from) will be missing. However, this is how a user can reinstall Windows should something go wrong and this is why I recommend having the recovery disks on hand in a safe location.
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The solution with the least risk, in my opinion, would be to delete the recovery partition. This document details how to do this.
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