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05-20-2012, 02:53 PM
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How long to do a zero fill
As discussed in a couple of recent threads my daughter's hdd has gone bad. I'm waiting on a new hdd from WD (RMA replacement) and I thought I'd do a zero fill while waiting for it to arrive before returning the defective deive. My question is how long might expect this to take? I'm using her computer (description below) for this operation using the zero fill utility in my UBCD cd. The operation has been running 52 hours and the program says it is 26% complete. At this rate it should be about 8 days to finish. Does this sound reasonable? I know 640GB hdd is a lot to fill (I asked for a double pass for security reasons) but I'd like someone to assure me that something hasn't gone wrong with this operation. Can someone answer this?
System components: MOBO: ASUS P8H67-M LE Rev 3.0 LGA1155 CPU: Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1 GHz HDD: WD caviar black WD6401AALS RAM: Corsair XMS3 4 GB (two 2GB sticks) Optical: ASUS Black 24X Video: onboard video PSU: Antec EarthWatts EA-500D (500W ATX 12V OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64 bit
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05-20-2012, 02:57 PM
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That is way too long, it's indicative of how faulty that drive has become. I would stop and start it a few times and just persevere with it until the time comes to return it.
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05-20-2012, 03:01 PM
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I'd use the zero fill that's in the WD Diags and do the quick one. I think you are taking security a bit too seriously.
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05-20-2012, 03:53 PM
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Thanks a lot both of you. I just didn't know what to expect. Regarding the security concern, I was just following rjfv earlier suggestion. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Cost just the price of the electricity. I'll stop it and just let it go as is. Thanks again for the information.
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