03-25-2012, 09:15 AM
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Erase space on hard drive...
Why would someone want to erase free space on a hard drive? Good or bad idea.
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03-25-2012, 09:40 AM
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Usually, to ensure that any data there cannot be recovered.
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03-25-2012, 10:04 AM
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Also to detect bad blocks.
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03-25-2012, 11:36 AM
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So do I lose any current data? First time for me to do this. Is it a good idea to do this at times or not?
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03-25-2012, 12:46 PM
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Why do you think this is something that you might want to do now?
There is no need to do this (or any other "regular" maintenance). It will not improve your hard disk speed, fragmentation or anything else. I wouldn't bother unless you're going to sell your Mac on to someone else, or you've got trouble with the drive and you're erasing and re-partitioning. |
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03-25-2012, 08:26 PM
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This is a good idea for virtual machines, as it reduces the size overhead of snapshots, exported appliances, etc. But for standalone machines - not so much. |
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