Yes a low level is the same as when you tell Norton to 'wipe' a drive.
NO, INITALIZING the disk simply formats (read: sets up) the drive so it
can be read by the computer, which includes erasing the directory
structure (This command is exactly like the Erase Disk... command in the
Special menu, does the same thing). To zero all data on a drive, check
the ZERO ALL DATA option in drive setup. If this option isn't available,
this is b/c you have an IDE drive. There are two ways to get around this:
Easy:
Use FWB's Hard Disk Toolkit to format your drive. It will low-level and
zero all data and initialize in one smooth operation. Once you have doe
this though, you must use HDTK to format that drive every time, you cant
switch between disk setup and HDDTK as this will ruin the drive
Hard, but worth it if you got the time and a 'decent' (if they exist)
PeeCee:
Put the IDE drive into your PC. Boot it up and hit F1 or whatever the key
to get to your system BIOS is. (If you are reading this part, I assume
you know how PC's work) Most PC BIOS' have a Low-lwvel option for hard
disk formatting in the BIOS (Which will automatically zero all data). You
can then put this disk in your Mac and partition normally with Apple
Drive Setup.
-Josh
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