Re: I'd like to fix read failure issue on Mac OS X
Nathan Stratton Treadway <[email protected]>
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On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 10:12:39 +0000, Tim Small wrote: > https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase > > ... substitute --security-erase-enhanced in "step 3" if hdparm -I shows > it's supported, as I think this will have the greatest chance of > overwritting "everything". > Miya, Since you referred to this drive as "external" I am guessing that you are connecting to it via a USB bridge -- so read carefully the warnings in the above Wiki page about trying to use Secure Erase over such a bridge. (You may want to contact the manufacturer of the "external drive" box to see if they have any specific advice on this situation before you go any further.) Nathan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nathan Stratton Treadway - [email protected] - Mid-Atlantic region Ray Ontko & Co. - Software consulting services - http://www.ontko.com/ GPG Key: http://www.ontko.com/~nathanst/gpg_key.txt ID: 1023D/ECFB6239 Key fingerprint = 6AD8 485E 20B9 5C71 231C 0C32 15F3 ADCD ECFB 6239 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk