Process for a fresh install on a Quadra 610

[Innes]

Hi all

I have a Quadra 610 with its install disks and would quite like to wipe the whole thing and do a fresh install of 7.1. Unless I've been looking in the wrong places, it doesn't look like it's install floppy has a disk utility app to wipe it so I'm curious to what the procedure is. Is there a particular way to do this or do i just boot off the 'install me first' disk and put the entire contents of the HD in the bin?

Cheers!

 

[JRL]

The Q610 install set should have a Disk Tools disk with 7.1 that is bootable and has what you need. To be honest though, I don't bother with the Apple utilities and just use Lido or FWB HD Toolkit these days.

Install Me First goes straight to the installer so I don't think you can just bin the contents unfortunately booting off of that.

 

[cheesestraws]

Yup, you should be able to boot straight from the floppy disc labelled 'disk tools' and use HD SC Setup on that disk to reformat the internal hard disc.  At that point the installer will happily install onto the disc and do the rest.

 

[Innes]

Brill! Thanks for clearing that up