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Erase options 1 pass, 3 pass, etc speed?
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<blockquote data-quote="JUKE179r" data-source="post: 1323028" data-attributes="member: 129964"><p>If you constantly Secure Delete your Trash, there is no reason to do the 1-pass, 3-pass, or 7-pass secure erase for your HD.</p><p></p><p>I've read that people gain back 1-2GB if you do the 7-pass secure erase but it takes aloooooooooooooooooooooooooong time to complete depending the sizze of your HD and files on it. I secure delete everything in Trash and tried the 7-pass. It took 2 hours and I gained 12MB back from doing it. <img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Confused.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":Confused:" title="Confused :Confused:" data-shortname=":Confused:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JUKE179r, post: 1323028, member: 129964"] If you constantly Secure Delete your Trash, there is no reason to do the 1-pass, 3-pass, or 7-pass secure erase for your HD. I've read that people gain back 1-2GB if you do the 7-pass secure erase but it takes aloooooooooooooooooooooooooong time to complete depending the sizze of your HD and files on it. I secure delete everything in Trash and tried the 7-pass. It took 2 hours and I gained 12MB back from doing it. :Confused: [/QUOTE]
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