Re: Disassemble it with a sledge hammer... lol Chances are if you can read from it, the average Joe at HP or the drive manufacturer isn't going to be able to either. But I'd use every tool I could find (short of power-tools) to wipe as much data out as I could.
I've found that a few well-placed 1/2" holes takes care of the problem too. Although... if you're returning it for warranty replacement HP may not like that too much. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 10:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NF] Format laptop harddrive On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Jarvis, Matthew <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ya, but if the drive is failing what ya supposed to do?? > > Hmmmm........ > It's true that a failing drive is unlikely to let you write over all the sectors, but it's better than nothing. It's not like you're throwing it away in the trash. If you have some faith in HP, you'd like to think they will take care of it. Normally, I use DBAN to do multiple wipes of the drive. Then I disassemble it with a sledge hammer. That probably violates the warranty, though. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/003601cbd90b$d2364230$76a2c690$@com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
