on 18/11/02 22:42, John Haumann at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Monday, November 18, 2002, at 08:10 PM, Geoffrey Loeffler wrote: > >> I have to send my 40 GNX back to trans intl, very loud and clicking >> sounds coming out of it right from the start and continued for last 30 >> days. I need to wipe this drive clean, really clean. Will apples disk >> utility on 10.2 wipe it so no info will be able to be recovered or >> seen. If not what is best way delete the data I have on it. >> Thanks >> Geoff >> > > Select the option to "zero" the drive. That not only releases the > directory entries, but writes zeroes to the entire data portion of the > disk.
I thought I read somewhere that this option was not well supported with IDE drives, so that may work or not. The best thing to do would be to write all over the drive, erasing whatever is on the disk. I have no idea on how to do that, however. There might be some utilities that would do that, but I don't know any. Still, try to zero the drive and see what happens. -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/RV: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] fear and loathing n.: [from Hunter S. Thompson] A state inspired by the prospect of dealing with certain real-world systems and standards that are totally brain-damaged but ubiquitous -- Intel 8086s, or COBOL, or EBCDIC, or any IBM machine bigger than a workstation. "Ack! They want PCs to be able to talk to the AI machine. Fear and loathing time!" -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
