10-31-2008, 06:29 AM
beerman wrote:
I'm doing the zeroing out thing based on a recommendation from this thread, http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,591243,591666 . Basically I'm working the heck out of the drive and I think checking for bad blocks at the same time.
Once that's done I'll do the Integrity check which will write data to the drive and read it back to verify it's the same, over and over.
Not to be offensive, but that has got to be the dumbest idea I have ever heard. Also not to be offensive, but you have far too much time on your hands. Time and the cost of electricity must mean nothing to you...