just got a new 2TB harddrive by hitachi... is it supposed to be noisy and loud?

[Jazzmarazz]

crap, i just wasted alot of time filling it for nothing then since i gotta wipe it and return it, my old one is a lacie it never makes noise, but its only 1TB

No, like it was said before, the size does not change the sound it makes. If it is loud, it is a bum drive.
Return it and either try the same one again or just get your money back.

[ZeikHunter]

i have 16tb of space, only counting 1tb+ drives. the only ones ive ever had crap out are hitachis (their deskstar series used to be called Deathstar for good reason)

tho my 6 year old wd 1tb just developed 1 bad sector.

but yeah, not much mac-relevant info, but check this out. you can google for some mac hard drive tools

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/18...-ticking-noise

[luffy4]

ok, since im going to return it how can i wipe out the data and make sure its not recoverable?

would just formatting the drive do the job?

[Inferno.]

ok, since im going to return it how can i wipe out the data and make sure its not recoverable?

would just formatting the drive do the job?

Just do a full format if you have time, I can imagine a full 2TB format taking like 2 days straight though.

Did you have anything important on it you don't want people recovering? Otherwise if it was just music/films etc I'd just bloody leave it. Chances are it'll be dead before anyone has a chance to recover any data from it anyway. (Shitachi!)

[luffy4]

just movies games but some personal info like resumes and shit too

[Slacker Magician]

CCleaner has a drive wipe function, 7 passes should prevent anything from being recoverable.

[crimsonedge]

I would just go through and remove anything that has personal information someone might be able to use to steal your identity. Japanese is usually good quality, but I am not a fan of Hitachi.

[luffy4]

i deleted anyting major and used the macs secure delete feature to eliminate it, then i returned it, so thread no longer needed