THere’s always bleach bit. ;) > On Nov 11, 2016, at 11:27 AM, Dan D. <dandun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Diskutil has different secure erase choices, A reformat is the fastest. . > Others involve over writting the entire disk with random info. which takes > longer. > > On Thu, 10 Nov 2016, E.T. wrote: > >> Maybe what I will do is rename this drive with (_____ _______) then >> beat it to pieces. (smiles) >> >> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >> Without H2O there is no life! >> ancient.ali...@icloud.com <mailto:ancient.ali...@icloud.com> >> >> On 11/10/2016 6:26 PM, Scott Granados wrote: >>> E.T. another thing people do is use a magnet to erase them. I believe they >>> call them degausser or something I may have the spelling wrong. Basically, >>> you move the drive in a figure 8 pattern over the surface and it scrambles >>> everything on the disk. You could also go the hammer method or just take a >>> screw driver and open up the drive and pull out the platter. Once you >>> touch the platter you?ll ruin everything on the surface and you can feel >>> how a hard drive works to boot. It actually is a pretty cool process. I >>> have a friend who converted one in to a door bell. >>> >>>> On Nov 10, 2016, at 4:55 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>>> <mailto:ancient.ali...@icloud.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Oh. a USB enclosure huh. Might be something to look into though I have >>>> enough hardware laying around to keep track of. >>>> >>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >>>> Without H2O there is no life! >>>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com <mailto:ancient.ali...@icloud.com> >>>> >>>> On 11/10/2016 1:52 PM, jeff `greene wrote: >>>>> Hi, Sorry about that! Usually people erase the old drive with disc >>>>> utility and put it in a usb enclosure to use as a back up drive. >>>>> Jeff >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 11/10/16, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>>>> <mailto:ancient.ali...@icloud.com>> wrote: >>>>>> I am talking about the existing internal drive. I am more curious >>>>>> what others do with the old drive as I am sure mine will fall into a >>>>>> hiding spot to be forgotten. So think it best to secure erase it first >>>>>> and know how long it might take. >>>>>> >>>>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >>>>>> Without H2O there is no life! >>>>>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com <mailto:ancient.ali...@icloud.com> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 11/10/2016 1:28 PM, jeff `greene wrote: >>>>>>> Hi, Usually you format the new SSD using disc utility. Then cloan your >>>>>>> existing drive onto the SSD. >>>>>>> Hope this helps! Jeff >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 11/10/16, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>>>>>> <mailto:ancient.ali...@icloud.com>> wrote: >>>>>>>> When I get an SSD to replace the standard hard drive. is it wise to >>>>>>>> erase the drive first and would a secure erase of a 750g drive take >>>>>>>> days? 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