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defragment hard drive
What’s the best way to erase and defragment a hard drive on Mac before starting a new project?
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4 Replies
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Hi,
The software I use is ‘techtool pro’ for hard drive maintenance.
grafxflow
grafx that flow!
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Are you talking about the media drive? Open ‘Disk Utility’ (in Applications/Utilities), pick the drive and select the ‘erase tab.’ Click ‘security options’ and pick ‘zero out data.’ Then pick “Mac OS Extended” and erase the drive.
If you’re talking about the boot drive and re-installing the OS, you should know that Mac system drives don’t really get fragmented as long as they’re not totally full and you probably shouldn’t need to do this. But IF you want to do it, put your OS CD in the computer and re-start holding the “C” key. Run Disk Utility off of the CD (it’s in a pull-down menu) and do the same thing except pick the “Journaled” option this time for the format. After that, re-install the OS from the CD.
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My mistake I thought you meant defragment a drive with video footage on. OOPS!
grafxflow
grafx that flow!
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As jeff says, the best way to clean a disk is with the DiskUtility. About defragmenting Larry Jordan recommend never defragment disks with FC clips, because in fact FC when capturing and rendering produce fragmented files to be easier to be read. There is a good article of Larri Jordan: Trouble-Shooting Your FPC System. There are also very good information about maintenace for FCP in Ken Stone web site.
Cheers,
Rafael
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