HT1820: Mac OS X: How to zero all data on a disk
Learn about Mac OS X: How to zero all data on a disk
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Jun 7, 2012 11:23 PM in response to Anthony954by Kappy,Why do you believe they were "left on?" Did you erase the drive with Disk Utility? If so, then what you see is what is installed by DU for the drive's new directory.
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Jun 7, 2012 11:23 PM in response to Anthony954by Niel,If you erased the drive, those were added to it afterwards instead of being left over. The Finder and other applications may create files as part of its normal access to a drive.
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Jun 8, 2012 5:43 AM in response to Anthony954by Limnos,What are the files called? That might tell us what put them there.