Mac G4 writes, <Hello, I have a few old hard drives from older machines that I would like to completely 'clean'. I may sell them or give them to some friends, but I want to be certain I have cleaned everything off of them - basically make them like new.
I have seen some software here and there that does this, but I imagine that software is basically charging for the GUI as the process should be contained in any OS. Is there a good site that outlines how to do this, or any free software that does the same?> You should be able to do this with OS X's Disk Utility. In Disk Utility, after you select the HD you want to Erase, click "Security Options" on the bottom right, then choose either "Zero Out Data" or "7 Pass Erase." I used to use 7 pass when I wanted to clean a HD, but reading some stuff awhile back linked to from someone here (Bruce Johnson I think LOL), decided that zeroing is good enough. I'll be doing some of that soon enough myself, in fact. ~Yersinia. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
