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Larry Stoter <LPS@teknesis.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Rebecca and Rowland <real-address-in-sig@flurbletigibbet.rhubarb.foobar>
> wrote:
> 
> snips ...
> 
> > btw, doesn't initialising a Mac HDD just destroy the directory structure
> > etc., leaving the actual data on the disc intact?  (Not that this
> > matters unless you're worried about security)
> > 
> > Rowland.
> > 
> Don't think so - otherwise it would only take a few minutes at most. Try
> reinitialising a 1Gb HD and it takes much longer. Disk is being
> completely wiped:)

Ah yes - there was me confusing `Initialise' (what HD SC Setup does) and
`Erase' (which is what the Finder does).  Initialise *does* erase the
data; erase doesn't.  And this is supposed to be an inuitive user
interface?

Rowland.

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