> > Is there a particular reason to leave MacOS intact? After removing all > the user data you might as well have a fresh copy of the OS, so I'm not > sure why you wouldn't zero the entire disk and then do an OS reinstall. >
Owner of the thing does not have a set of installation disks. so, if erased, it would be sold or given away unbootable. I suppose someone interested enough in vintage Macs to acquire it would already be equipped with installation disks, but, it would be nice to send it on demonstrably working. They said they tried Googling a solution and didn't come up with anything, I took their word on that. Saving a bunch of very large files seems a reasonable way to do it, I'll suggest that. thanks brian
