Originally Posted By: MG2009
Just wondering: With the DISPLAY ASLEEP, should I also set the SCREENSAVER to "NEVER" in the Preferences or (by default) will it not try to kick in when the display is asleep?

The Display Sleep setting overrides Screensaver. Even if screensaver runs, the screen remains blank.

As for your double pass erase, the only reasons I can think of to perform a secure erase like that are:
  1. You have reason to suspect the drive came from the factory with pre-installed malware (It has been known to happen)
  2. You are passing the drive along to unknown parties and you have had sensitive data on the drive
  3. You have a reason to suspect the drive might be failing and want to force any questionable data sectors to be re-mapped to spare sectors.
  4. Your computer will be or has been used in highly sensitive data environments such as the financial industry or DoD. However, in that case you should use the 7 pass erase which can take days rather than hours to complete.


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