On Jan 24, 2011, at 4:03 PM, Wm. Arnold wrote:

> Hi experts,
> I did a dumb thing, I wiped the hard drive
> of this computer instead of writing all 0's.

This should be the same thing.

> Now I can't reload an operating system.
> I have tried several ways including using
> an external DVD reader.

Does it boot from the OS X installer? If so use Disk Utility to repair the hard 
drive and reformat it.

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

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