Marc van Gemert wrote:
> Kyle Hansen wrote:
>
> > No, That's not a problem. If you are *really* worried about it, then spin
> > the faulty drive up and slam it hard on your table. ;-) J/K.
>
> Thanks, I thought of that too ;-)
> And it's good to 'nuke' the drive first, right? Or should I
> 'burn'/'flamefile' it first and then low-level it?
It doesn't really matter. Truth of the matter is that unless you government
wipe your drive more than 7 times in a row, the data can still be recovered. I
just don't think anyone at Maxtor cares about your data, so just format it and
send it in.
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