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Latest revision as of 16:20, 22 March 2006
This article is provided with the permission of NCSU ITD/Mac (http://www.ncsu.edu/mac/).
Formatting the Hard Disk
Apple Tech Note 107437 gives this procedure:
Steps for zeroing data
These steps assume you have a Mac OS X 10.2.3 or later CD:
- Insert the Mac OS X CD
- Restart the computer
- Immediately after the startup sound, press and hold the C key to start up from CD
- When the Installer screen appears, do not click Continue. Instead, choose Installer > Open Disk Utilities
- Select the hard drive to erase
- Click the Erase tab
- Select the volume format from the Volume Format pop-up menu
- Click Options
- Select the checkbox for Zero all data
- Click OK
- Click Erase
Also for those wanting to "Clean" individual files note this section from the technote: Secure Empty Trash
- Note: When you securely empty the Trash, the deleted data cannot be recovered by disk utilities. You should only do this if you have a backup or you are sure you will never need the data again."