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From: T i m on 2 Jun 2010 12:18 On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 17:16:50 +0100, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >On 2010-06-02, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: >> On 2010-06-02 17:07:00 +0100, Jim said: >> >>> On 2010-06-02, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: >>>> I bet it took such a long time because of the size of the files. I >>>> think the secure empty does what the disk utility does when using >>>> secure erase, overwrites the files with 0's. >>> >>> Yep. See my other reply. Metaphorically speaking. >> >> It used to overwrite the file with random data, perhaps in multiple >> passes. I believe srm(1) describes the algorithms. > >I think it's eight passes. On big files that could easily take a long, long >time. So the same task would take less time under W7 because (genuine question)? Cheers, T i m
From: Jim on 2 Jun 2010 12:23 On 2010-06-02, T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>> Yep. See my other reply. Metaphorically speaking. >>> >>> It used to overwrite the file with random data, perhaps in multiple >>> passes. I believe srm(1) describes the algorithms. >> >>I think it's eight passes. On big files that could easily take a long, long >>time. > > So the same task would take less time under W7 because (genuine > question)? "It's doing less" springs to mind. Perhaps only one or two passes, I don't know. I've no idea how W7 does it. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett
From: Woody on 2 Jun 2010 14:05 Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > I've found something my Macbook can do which my Win7 desktop can't. > > ...Take an hour to empty the trash and use so much CPU power that the > base of my Macbook pro gets red thehot, fan comes on full whack and > stays on until its finished. I've never ever had the fan come on on my > Macbook Pro until this. > > My Windows 7 computer can't do that.... Well, stick to windows then, you can delete your files all day! -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: David Kennedy on 2 Jun 2010 14:26 Woody wrote: > Conor<conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > >> I've found something my Macbook can do which my Win7 desktop can't. >> >> ...Take an hour to empty the trash and use so much CPU power that the >> base of my Macbook pro gets red thehot, fan comes on full whack and >> stays on until its finished. I've never ever had the fan come on on my >> Macbook Pro until this. >> >> My Windows 7 computer can't do that.... > > Well, stick to windows then, you can delete your files all day! > > Be fair though; with Windows there are lots more things that need deleting... -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: Steve H on 2 Jun 2010 14:32
T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 17:16:50 +0100, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-06-02, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: >>> On 2010-06-02 17:07:00 +0100, Jim said: >>> >>>> On 2010-06-02, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: >>>>> I bet it took such a long time because of the size of the files. I >>>>> think the secure empty does what the disk utility does when using >>>>> secure erase, overwrites the files with 0's. >>>> >>>> Yep. See my other reply. Metaphorically speaking. >>> >>> It used to overwrite the file with random data, perhaps in multiple >>> passes. I believe srm(1) describes the algorithms. >> >> I think it's eight passes. On big files that could easily take a > > long, long >> time. > > So the same task would take less time under W7 because (genuine question)? It's not doing it properly. -- Steve H |