On May 15, 2012, at 9:55 AM, peter wrote: > > My understanding is that this writes 0s then 1s alternately to every drive > sector for 35 passes. As this is way more than years of normal ussage would > do, what can I expect for drive life out of these things.
If the drive lives through this it's probably a good drive...at this it's better than my first PowerPC mac, an old G3 that was decommissioned from Motorola back in the 90's...they simply removed the drive (sled and all, dammit!) and tossed it in a big shredder. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
