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Post Date: 2008-02-04
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    Posted: 04 Feb 2008 at 4:35pm

I am getting my hard drives replaced, what do you do with the old drives you replaced? There is always a chance that information on hard drives can be retreived with software even if it was deleted/formatted.
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The easiest nuclear option to remove data is drilling through the case and the platers. Roasting the drive over an open fire might also be way to pass a cold winter's night....
 
Or you could just get a progam that writes patterns of 1s and 0s all over the drive several times.
 
The Drill sounds like the most fun. Then you could go magnet mining.
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I guess I should have been more clear. Digital Storm is replacing the drives with new ones. What are they going to do with my old drives.
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They get wiped.
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then are they put in as replacements in other computers?
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lol bill ill have to try that (*^_^*)
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I actually asked Alex if I could have your old drives so I could do some You Tube work.  I hope that's ok with you.
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Originally posted by EdH63

I actually asked Alex if I could have your old drives so I could do some You Tube work.  I hope that's ok with you.
 
interesting response Disapprove
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EdH63 you're a stinker. Evil%20Smile
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We wipe the drives to 0. There is absolutely no way there will be any data. This is why we get the special "Clean the Drive" software. Then we RMA with the factory for a new drive. We don't sell the used parts to a customer. So there's no risk of your private information being spread around. 
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Originally posted by AdamdDMO

Originally posted by EdH63

I actually asked Alex if I could have your old drives so I could do some You Tube work.  I hope that's ok with you.
 
interesting response Disapprove


I'm just pullin yer chain bro!  Of course I would buy them from DS considering the amount of valuable info on them. 

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Originally posted by Dashuu

So there's no risk of your private information being spread around. 
 
Yeah, Kelly wipes the disks real good afer he mines the data to raise cash to support his experimental liquild cooling jones.
 
No wait..... Doesn't San Jose have one of the biggest parking lot flea markets north of the border?


Edited by Bill the Cat - 04 Feb 2008 at 8:56pm
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Originally posted by Bill the Cat

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So there's no risk of your private information being spread around. 
 
Yeah, Kelly wipes the disks real good afer he mines the data to raise cash to support his experimental liquild cooling jones.
 
No wait..... Doesn't San Jose have one of the biggest parking lot flea markets north of the border?


Yes, everyone needs fleas Betty, I mean Bill.  Geesh!  Flea market.  I never!
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