[ale] OT: Erasing a toasted drive

[James P. Kinney III]

Get a bulk tape eraser that plugs into the AC wall socket. That will
ruin the hard drive platters and the heads right through the case. Give
it about 30 seconds of erasing.

Don't ask why I know this...

On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 07:18 -0400, 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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