Wiping Hard Disk

Danger Phoenix · 9 Jan 2008 at 15:22

I have a external WD hard disk and it has stopped working (fails to spin up) so I am going to send it back to a competitor for a replacement. Now I am worried if the competitor sends it to WD, if WD will try and make it work and read the data on it?

I was planning on putting it on top of the Logitech Z-5500 subwoofer for a few hours with it at full blast - will that make any difference?

vanandjuanunited · 9 Jan 2008 at 15:23

too much pron by any chance......

Danger Phoenix · 9 Jan 2008 at 15:25

williamw11 said:
too much pron by any chance......

Nah, just photos and documents I would not want them to see

86daviesjk · 9 Jan 2008 at 16:19

Try this

http://dban.sourceforge.net/

rpstewart · 9 Jan 2008 at 18:06

86daviesjk said:
Try this

http://dban.sourceforge.net/

That only works if the drive is OK, Phoenix's is busted.

Jesus · 10 Jan 2008 at 00:11

slap it in the microwave?

Danger Phoenix · 10 Jan 2008 at 00:13

Jesus said:
slap it in the microwave?

I want to be able to RMA it and would prefer my microwave and kitchen intact

Greenlizard0 · 10 Jan 2008 at 00:49

Lol, quick somebody find Goldenglory's thread hahah!
edit - WD said in the RMA form I had to fill out that they wouldn't attempt data recovery. I think they sometimes do upon special request though you might have to pay for it (don't quote me on this - I'm not sure they do this now). Think about it - the number of drives they must receive per day, they wouldn't have the means to attempt data recovary on them all..

Danger Phoenix · 10 Jan 2008 at 01:32

Greenlizard0 said:
Lol, quick somebody find Goldenglory's thread hahah!
edit - WD said in the RMA form I had to fill out that they wouldn't attempt data recovery. I think they sometimes do upon special request though you might have to pay for it (don't quote me on this - I'm not sure they do this now). Think about it - the number of drives they must receive per day, they wouldn't have the means to attempt data recovary on them all..

Well it is going back to the competitor... I just don't want them to try and look at the data, lol! It's not that there is anything dodgy or illegal on there, but I rather not have someone looking at my personal data

Greenlizard0 · 10 Jan 2008 at 14:03

Danger Phoenix said:
Well it is going back to the competitor... I just don't want them to try and look at the data, lol! It's not that there is anything dodgy or illegal on there, but I rather not have someone looking at my personal data

If you have smutty pictures of ex's I demand you post them here, in the Hard Drive section of a computer forum

Danger Phoenix · 10 Jan 2008 at 14:35

Greenlizard0 said:
If you have smutty pictures of ex's I demand you post them here, in the Hard Drive section of a computer forum

I would if I could access the data

MumboJumbo · 11 Jan 2008 at 23:57

lol that guy was so stupid to sell a hard drive on ebay before relising he had to whip it of some mega pornage overdosing lol. And he was so incredibly dumb to close the hard drive whiper half way through! Just dont do it!

Yeggstry · 12 Jan 2008 at 00:24

Do you have access to a large electromagnet?

I was under the impression that they fix the drive, zero format it then sell it again. Granted there has been incidents where they haven't formatted it... Are there any WD diagnostic tools that do a zero format as well? Otherwise there really isn't that much else you can do afaik.