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I have a 1st Gen, 1.83 Core Duo Macbook Pro that I'm going to sell, but before I do, I'd like to restore the laptop to it's original factory settings.
When I go to do an "Erase and Install" from my original factory disk (no scratches), everything seems to be working fine until it gets to the install screen that says "Preparing the Disk." The install process just seems to freeze at this point. I can still move my mouse and it doesn't seem "frozen," other than the fact that there is no progress in the progress bar. I've waited over an hour and still no progress. I've shut the system down and rebooted from disk but when I come to the same part, the same thing happens.
Does anyone have any insight? Thanks in advance.
*The system came installed with Tiger, but I've upgraded to Leopard, and then to Snow Leopard since.

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Start up from your install disc, go to Disk Utility and select the disk and click erase - to securely erase data click Security Options and Erase Free Space which will entirely wipe your disk, overwriting it with zeros so that no data is recoverable.

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