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I have been trying to securely erase an external FW800 HD prior to decommissioning. It starts but seems to hang. I have performed a 7 level erase before and know it takes a LONG time. I waited 3 days and the progress bar never moved.
Suggestions?
Jerryfromco wrote:
I have been trying to securely erase an external FW800 HD prior to decommissioning. It starts but seems to hang. I have performed a 7 level erase before and know it takes a LONG time. I waited 3 days and the progress bar never moved.
Suggestions?
How about waiting another 3 days (?)
If it is mission critical, a hammer has always worked well against mechanical hard drive platters.
Jerryfromco wrote:
I have been trying to securely erase an external FW800 HD prior to decommissioning. It starts but seems to hang. I have performed a 7 level erase before and know it takes a LONG time. I waited 3 days and the progress bar never moved.
Suggestions?
How about waiting another 3 days (?)
If it is mission critical, a hammer has always worked well against mechanical hard drive platters.
> Suggestions?
Wait.
How large is the offending drive??
Maybe apply FileVault to it and then erase it.
Or maybe write it full with unimportant data and then erase it.
How much $ are you asking for it -- I have physically destroyed a few el cheapo SCSI and ATA drives and retrieved the magnets for fun.
Disk utility hangs while erasing external HD
