[ale] OT: Erasing a toasted drive

[hbbs at comcast.net (Jeff Hubbs)]

Sounds like you need to forget about the warranty and replace the drive 
yourself. 

Although, one time when I got into a situation like this for a client, I 
bought a drive of the approximate same size from MicroSeconds and sent 
the vendor *that* one as a replacement.

Jeff

John Wells wrote:

>Guys,
>
>My Dell laptop hard drive crashed two days ago.
>
>Fortunately, the laptop is still under warranty, so they're shipping me a
>free replacement. However, I'm obligated to ship them back the failed
>drive, and I'm uncomfortable allowing the prioprietary source code
>contained on the drive to leave my hands. It may be Dell simply throws the
>failed drives away, but I'm not so sure.
>
>Have any of you faced a similar situation, and if so, what did you do?
>
>Thanks,
>John
>
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