Re: Zeroing a hard drive.

[B Gardner]

Jerry, I have zeroed several in Panther. The largest was a 120 GB and 
it took about 6 hours. For your situation, 70 hours is too long and I 
would say that something ain't right! I did a 2 GB and it took about 
1.5 hours. The drive may have hung so start it again and see what 
happens. Force quit the disk utility app and restart then try again. 
(You probably already have)

Im any case, I would say with confidence that the "zeroing" has failed 
and should be retried.

Byron
On Oct 6, 2004, at 3:15 PM, Jerry Bryant wrote:
 Since no one has responded to the original post let me rephrase it.
Has anyone zeroed a hard drive, of any kind, in Panther lately? If so, 
How long did it take? This is coming up on 70 hours and it is still 
not a quarter of the way finished for a 2GB hard drive.

I'm just trying to get a handle on the expected time frame.
Thank goodness for true multitasking in OSX.
J. B.
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