On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 1:08 PM, <antique...@comcast.net> wrote: > One wipe is really enough though, but standards are standards > unfortunately :/
Perhaps. But this 35 pass nonsense is not even a proper standard. It's more of an intellectual excise built around drive technologies. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutmann_method#Criticism where they quote Gutmann himself criticizing the simple-minded way it is typically used. "In the time since this paper was published, some people have treated the 35-pass overwrite technique described in it more as a kind of voodoo incantation to banish evil spirits than the result of a technical analysis of drive encoding techniques." -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
