On Mar 20, 2009, at 8:15 PM, Charles Davis wrote: > > Please note, I'm talking about the 'Write Zeros' operation, NOT just > 'Erasing' ---[ Which is just Zeroing out the directory data, not > elimination the 'bit patterns' on the platter surface.]
Same meaning here ... sometimes called Secure Erase > Zeroing or something. Zeroes get written, and bad sectors get mapped out ... hopefully for Partitions, too. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---