my friend died and his parents gave me his imac computer. i tried command and r on a windows keyboard, but it won't work. how do i use this to wipe the hard drive without logging on
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Answer by
Akash Shah
To use Drive Genius 3 on an iMac, you need to boot your Mac with the Drive Genius BootWell Drive. Here are the steps:
Connect an external drive to your Mac with sufficient free space
Launch Drive Genius 3 and select "Create BootWell Drive" from the menu
Follow the on-screen instructions to create the BootWell Drive
Restart your iMac and hold down the Option key until you see the boot menu
Select the BootWell Drive and press Enter
Once booted into the BootWell environment, you can use Drive Genius to erase the hard drive.
Yes, Drive Genius 3 can help with formatting a 4 TB external drive in an Apple format.
my friend died and his parents gave me his imac computer. i tried command and r on a windows keyboard, but it won't work. how do i use this to wipe the hard drive without logging on
To use Drive Genius 3 on an iMac, you need to boot your Mac with the Drive Genius BootWell Drive. Here are the steps: