How to use disk genius on imac?

Question

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

Answer 1

To use Drive Genius 3 on an iMac, you need to boot your Mac with the Drive Genius BootWell Drive. Here are the steps:

1. Connect an external drive to your Mac with sufficient free space
2. Launch Drive Genius 3 and select "Create BootWell Drive" from the menu
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to create the BootWell Drive
4. Restart your iMac and hold down the Option key until you see the boot menu
5. Select the BootWell Drive and press Enter
6. Once booted into the BootWell environment, you can use Drive Genius to erase the hard drive.