[G4] Drive Setup vs Disk Utility

[David Crandon]

I don't remember the "test disk" option, but "zero all data" will for 
sure wipe the HD clean. As far as "testing" it, I couldn't tell ya.

David Crandon



On Tuesday, August 26, 2003, at 10:27  AM, Dale Hoffman wrote:

>> In OSX's Disk Utility, you do have the option to do "zero all data".
>>
>> David Crandon
>
> David, you're right.
> Does this now do the same thing as the "Test Disk" in Drive Setup 
> where Test and Zero Data were two separate operations?
> DaleH
>
>>
>> On Tuesday, August 26, 2003, at 08:41  AM, Dale Hoffman wrote:
>>
>>> I've noticed that OSX Utilities no longer include Drive Setup which 
>>> allowed low level formatting and extensive surface testing. Instead 
>>> we have Disk Utility which performs quick erases only. I've 
>>> previously gotten around that by booting into OS9 and launching 
>>> Drive Setup from there to put new primary and secondary drives 
>>> through a peace-of-mind shake down.
>>>
>>> Now that the new Macs will not boot into OS9 I wonder if there is a 
>>> utility of choice that will do extensive testing of the drive 
>>> surface?
>>>
>>> Is there a reason why Apple took these options away from us?
>>>
>>> DaleH
>>>
>
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