Probably a good point. It's a notebook drive, EIDE for an old system I don't<br>want to spend too much money on.<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Lori Paniak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ldpaniak@fourpisolutions.com">ldpaniak@fourpisolutions.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Call me cavalier, but...<br>
<br>
If the drive is from 2006, it will cost more wipe it (or think about<br>
wiping it!) for RMA than it would cost to go out and buy a new one with<br>
twice the capacity.<br>
<br>
If the data on it is that sensitive, buy yourself a new drive and good<br>
drill with bit. After you set up the new drive you can take the old one<br>
apart and drill as many holes in the platters as it takes to be<br>
comfortable. Access to a drill-press? Even better. Plus, you'll have<br>
the tools to safely dispose of any drive in the future!<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
On Mon, 2010-05-03 at 12:36 -0400, Oksana Goertzen wrote:<br>
> Last time I checked the disk was a brick. I can put it in the freezer<br>
> and<br>
> see if I can get it to boot and try to use DBAN on it. I had simply<br>
> written<br>
> it off and was going to destroy it but I came across the sales slip<br>
> last night<br>
> and it's under warranty 'til 2011 and I checked it on the Western<br>
> Digital site.<br>
> I have to send the drive to WD in order for them to send me a new one<br>
> free of charge. I figured if perhaps I degaussed it with a strong<br>
> magnet<br>
> that might be enough.. usually I wipe the drives (DoD style) before<br>
> discarding<br>
> them. I will check with them to see their policies are with regard to<br>
> old<br>
> drives.<br>
><br>
> Thanks!<br>
><br>
> Oksana<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Chris Irwin <<a href="mailto:chris@chrisirwin.ca">chris@chrisirwin.ca</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 10:58, Oksana Goertzen<br>
> <<a href="mailto:ogoertzen@gmail.com">ogoertzen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > Hello Everyone,<br>
> ><br>
> > I have a hard drive that can be sent back to the<br>
> manufacturer because it's<br>
> > still<br>
> > under warranty. The drive is no longer boot-able. Will<br>
> degaussing the<br>
> > drive<br>
> > wipe it sufficiently? Does anyone have access to such a<br>
> device or a strong<br>
> > electric magnet? I can't run DBAN or destroy the drive<br>
> because it needs to<br>
> > go back to the manufacturer in good enough condition that<br>
> they can determine<br>
> > it failed.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Is the drive even detected, or is it just a brick? If it at<br>
> least<br>
> shows up (but is inaccessible) it might be worth a shot at<br>
> poking the<br>
> secure-erase functionality built-in to most hard drives<br>
> nowdays.<br>
><br>
> Unfortunately I'm not sure how to activate it (smartctl<br>
> doesn't seem<br>
> to poke that, at least nothing in the manpage indicates so). I<br>
> encrypt<br>
> my hard drive for just this reason (I sent a failed drive back<br>
> last<br>
> year without a worry).<br>
><br>
> This doesn't help if the drive is really just a big brick. I'd<br>
> be<br>
> worried about taking any sort of invasive procedures. Will<br>
> they look<br>
> at the drive and say "It failed 'cause you stuck a big<br>
> electromagnet<br>
> next to it", even if that was after the fact?<br>
><br>
> > And on a side note, we have a number (a lot, actually) of<br>
> LTO tapes at work<br>
> > that should either be destroyed or degaussed. Does anyone<br>
> know anything<br>
> > about degaussing tapes? Can they be recycled at all?<br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Chris Irwin<br>
> <<a href="mailto:chris@chrisirwin.ca">chris@chrisirwin.ca</a>><br>
><br>
><br>
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