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									why remove other external disks? - Managing Disks - Certify, Verify, Initialize				            </title>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2017 21:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Ok, I thought that might be it. Thanks!]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Ok, I thought that might be it. Thanks!]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://forums.softraid.com/managing-disks-certify-verify-initialize/">Managing Disks - Certify, Verify, Initialize</category>                        <dc:creator>jmatthewturner</dc:creator>
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                        <title>why remove other external disks?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Because we do not want a user to accidentally delete data by an accident. 

You are welcome to use your machine while certify is going on, our video is targeted for users who may not be as...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Because we do not want a user to accidentally delete data by an accident. 

You are welcome to use your machine while certify is going on, our video is targeted for users who may not be as cautious as you are. ;-)]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>why remove other external disks?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2017 19:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hi. Your video about certification () says that it is recommended to remove all other drives before certifying, but doesn&#039;t say why. 

So why is that? It&#039;s tough for me to let this 34 hr p...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi. Your video about certification ( https://youtu.be/euQMA5heNEc ) says that it is recommended to remove all other drives before certifying, but doesn't say why. 

So why is that? It's tough for me to let this 34 hr process go without working on something else.

Thanks!

JMT]]></content:encoded>
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