At 8:39 PM -0400 3/20/2009, 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.
Erase a disk volume == reset that volume's file system's pointers. Erase a disk drive == lay down a new (empty) partition map. Writing zeros (or any other security pattern) is a wholly separate function/task. ...Yea, Apple tends to abuse the terminology in order to make it "easier" to understand. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
