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.

John at Wood-n-Shavings, Inc.
San Antonio, Texas



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