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Zero dat to map out bad blocks on new drive?
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Trygve
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Dec 27, 2006, 06:45 AM
 
I have a new RAID drive 1.5TB from OWC. Would it be a good idea to use Disk Utility to zero the drive thus mapping out bad blocks or is this a waste of time?

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