Ross Vandegrift wrote: > On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 03:13:39PM +0100, Laurence Darby wrote: > > This is besides the point, but that wont work, and I'm not sure if > > you completely understand the situation. I *DON'T* want data to be > > recovered from the drive, and because I'm returning it under > > warranty, I want the data on it to be destroyed. > > Aha! I did misunderstand. > > You shouldn't worry about this - the manufacturers are bound by > process requirements that prevent them from recovering data on RMAed > drives.
That's nice to know. I'm slowly realizing I'm not the first to have this problem... I had a look at thier (Maxtor's) website but found conflicting answers: "Failed drive teardown and rebuild involves automated re-process which also includes Zero fill pattern, and write verify." ok, but then: "As a returning defective drive, if the drive is not in a functional state capable of a low-level format, the drive is disassembled and the platters (where the data is stored) are recycled. Once a platter is removed from the spindle of a hard drive, the data is no longer readable by any means." What do they mean by recycled? Doesn't the next sentence (which I don't believe) contradict any notion of recycling? Anyway, I'll try phoning them tommorow to ask about it. Laurence
