[ale] OT: Erasing a toasted drive

[Fulton Green]

On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 07:18:48AM -0400, John Wells wrote:
> 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?

First, find a whopping-big magnet ...