HD SC Setup v2.0: How to Set Interleave Factor On a Hard Disk


With HD SC Setup v2.0, you can a set disk's interleave factor. That is,
you can reformat a standard hard disk with a different interleave factor
than the one installed.

Make sure the disk you wish to reformat does not contain any valuable data,
then follow these steps:

1) Run HD SC Setup.

2) At the first dialog box, choose the drive you want to initialize.

3) Press Command-I.

4) This presents a dialog box asking for the interleave factor.
Choose 1 for a 1:1 interleave, 2 for a 2:1 interleave, and so on.

5) Now choose Initialize.

Your drive is now reformatted to the specified interleave factor.


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012