On Mar 20, 2009, at 5:39 PM, insightinmind wrote:
> > > 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. If you go into Disk Utility, you'll see your devices laid out like : Disk model identification Drive Volume name (partition1) Drive Volume Name (Partition2) etc (as I recall, it's been a long time sine I used drives with multiple partitions, there's little reason to do so.) on the left hand side. Actions done while the top line is selected apply to the entire drive device, actions done while a volume is selected apply only to that volume. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---