I have a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 2 GB 667 MHz DDR SDRAM, with Disk Utility, i am erasing a 2.2 tb external (My Book) drive. how long will it take?
I have a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 2 GB 667 MHz DDR SDRAM, with Disk Utility, i am erasing a 2.2 tb external (My Book) drive. how long will it take?
Did you do a simple erase? Or did you set it to overwrite the disk? If you set it to overwrite the disk and did selected more than 1 pass you're wasting your time.
Did you do a simple erase? Or did you set it to overwrite the disk? If you set it to overwrite the disk and did selected more than 1 pass you're wasting your time.
After a single wipe pass, it's very unlikely the CIA could recover any useful data off a modern drive. Let alone some random criminal. The multi-pass wipe options are completely unnecessary these days.