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10.3: Use the bulk CD eraser to mass-wipe CD-RW discs
Authored by: MVasilakis on Nov 24, '03 09:17:38AM

Does this erase DVD-RW also?



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10.3: Use the bulk CD eraser to mass-wipe CD-RW discs
Authored by: skirtley on Dec 06, '03 10:09:52AM

I am trying it and it has a lot of output.

like:

[Harrison:~] steve% drutil bulkerase quick
Bulk RW Eraser

Please insert erasable media in MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-816.
*** malloc[1049]: Deallocation of a pointer not malloced: 0x3283f0; This could be a double free(), or free() called with the middle of an allocated block; Try setting environment variable MallocHelp to see tools to help debug
*** malloc[1049]: Deallocation of a pointer not malloced: 0x3088e0; This could be a double free(), or free() called with the middle of an allocated block; Try setting environment variable MallocHelp to see tools to help debug
*** malloc[1049]: Deallocation of a pointer not malloced: 0x3088e0; This could be a double free(), or free() called with the middle of an allocated block; Try setting environment variable MallocHelp to see tools to help debug
*** malloc[1049]: Deallocation of a pointer not malloced: 0x3088e0; This could be a double free(), or free() called with the middle of an allocated block; Try setting environment variable MallocHelp to see tools to help debug


and goes on and on.

Do not know if it will be sucessful. Doen't look like it



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10.3: Use the bulk CD eraser to mass-wipe CD-RW discs
Authored by: skirtley on Dec 06, '03 10:26:31AM

I tried to use my Imac to erase a DVD-RW and it seemed to work, but back at the Powerbook, it does not see it as a new disk, and I can not erase it.



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