Re: [Nolug] Why geeks don't wipe hard drives...

On 03/24/2011 11:17 AM, Mischa D. Krilov wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Ron Johnson<ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>> it takes *forever*!
>>
>> At 90MB/s, it takes 3 hours to wipe a 1TB drive. :(
>
> That seems quite reasonable to me. I've seen older, sub-100GB drives
> take more than 24 hours.
>

The point is that it's a pain. Especially if you've got multiple drives.

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the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally
corrupt."
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