Scary crashed hard drive article

[javasaurus]

This hasn't happened to me, but the idea of it leaves me seething. Apparently, when some computer retailers replace a crashed hard drive under warrantee, they demand to keep the crashed hard drive. This isn't a big deal if they destroy it or otherwise make sure that any data on it is wiped. Unfortunately, this isn't always the case...

reincarnation of a hard drive

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[blueeowyn.livejournal.com]

And given the number of companies whose niche market is recovering most of the data from a truly trashed drive (ENGR sent one away that had become rather 'unhappy' when a ceiling tile got soaked and crashed onto the drive while the drive was on), the safety of the drive unless you really kill it is very suspect.

I like the idea of the autoclav method. I may see if we can get that for here for when we send computers to surplus property.