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- By,
- Psycadelc
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- Neither I nor GasHous is responsible for any misuse of anything written or any
- implications that are not suggested by its members. (If you do something none
- of us are at any fault since we just provide information)
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- Zeroing your HDD for Mac Users For People Not So Talented to Read the Book
- Difficulty level (1-5): Pi/4
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- Zero is a good number.
- It is the number that allows the authorities to not find any trace of information
- on a computer.
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- What I mean by 0'ing the HDD is to have the computer overwrite all the harddrive's
- information with zeroes instead of just deleting or formatting a hardrive because
- this leaves traces of information that the lettered agencies can use to track you
- down.
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- The best part about zeroing is that its completely 100% legal and its basic system
- software with a Macintosh. (I'm not a real mac "addict" per say but I own an old
- 1400C)
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- The incredibly simple procedure:
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- *Get a Mac OS CD (I know this works with version's 8.5 and newer)
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- *Backup all files on your HDD that you feel like keeping
- That was a crucial step because it removes anything on the HDD
-
- *Insert CD into computer and either set it as the startup disk or put in the command
- to start up from a cd
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- *Go to the Utilities folder in the CD
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- *Then Drive setup
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- *Click on the appropriate volume
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- *Go to the functions menu and Initilization Options, checking the Zero All Data Box
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- *Click okay and then Initialize the disk
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- This is an extremely easy process that requires almost nill brainpower
- Another upside to this is that it will make cluttered hardrives run faster, since
- fragmentation is completely eliminated.
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- ~Psy