I could always do it over again just to be more familiar with the
process.
The first time I did it, I looked at the drive's volume name and it
had not changed to what I had entered.
I figured the 0% was a quick format as in Windows. This had been
formatted with NTFS so looked at the security options and chose 100%.
I think Time Machoine said it was 245gigs so that is half the drive
right there. Knowing how long some tasks may take, I plan my day around
them. :)
From The Believer. . .
. . . what if it were true?
ancient.ali...@icloud.com
On 9/14/2014 9:49 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote:
If security is set to a simple format, as is the default, then the filesystem
header and partition tables will be laid out, and this takes almost no time
whatsoever. If you set security level to anything above 0%, though, you can
expect to wait a good while as the entire disk is written over.
I'd advise using the Partition tab rather than the Erase tab, setting it to 1
partition, and hitting options to choose the right scheme (GUID for Mac). That
way you partition and erase in one step, and you get full control over the use
the disk will be put to. But of course there's nothing wrong with the way
you've done it, either.
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