I am trying to wipe an old 400+ GB Time Capsule before giving it to someone else. I selected the Erase option for "Zero Out Data", which was supposed to take 3-4 hours for a 1 TB disk according to a post at http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=-1&messageID=10225200
10 hours later, Airport Utility seemed to be stuck halfway on the Secure Erase Status progress bar, saying it was at "secure erase pass 1 of 1". There was a button to cancel the erase, but it didn't seem to work, so I pulled the plug on the TC. When the TC rebooted, it showed the disk space as being mostly available and using only 108 MB on it.
How do I know if the secure erase finished? I tried running the secure erase again, and this time I let it run for >30 hours, but it stayed stuck at the halfway point on the Secure Erase Status bar.
Any thoughts?
10 hours later, Airport Utility seemed to be stuck halfway on the Secure Erase Status progress bar, saying it was at "secure erase pass 1 of 1". There was a button to cancel the erase, but it didn't seem to work, so I pulled the plug on the TC. When the TC rebooted, it showed the disk space as being mostly available and using only 108 MB on it.
How do I know if the secure erase finished? I tried running the secure erase again, and this time I let it run for >30 hours, but it stayed stuck at the halfway point on the Secure Erase Status bar.
Any thoughts?