Funnily enough I have just purchased another 2TB drive, and the price has barely changed in 2 years.
Funnily enough I have just purchased another 2TB drive, and the price has barely changed in 2 years.
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richms: You cant. If the data is actually that private then destroy the drive.
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mattwnz: It is a 2TB internal drive, so I can connect it later to another computer to see if I can access it. It contains client data which is private, but it is still under warranty, so trashing it would be $120 down the drain, which is around the cost of a replacement. I would have thought that this was a relatively common situation and there would be processes in place to manage warranty replacement in a secure way? I am guessing that if someone from a computer shop or distributor/manufacturer did access that data without permission it would be a breach of the privacy act. This is the 1st drive I have had that has failed so quickly, as normally when they fail I use it as an excuse to upgrade to a bigger one, but 2TB is still considered a big drive today
But if I am able to access it, what is the best software these days to nuke all the data off it?
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mattwnz:
But if I am able to access it, what is the best software these days to nuke all the data off it?
mattwnz: It is a 2TB internal drive, so I can connect it later to another computer to see if I can access it. It contains client data which is private, but it is still under warranty, so trashing it would be $120 down the drain, which is around the cost of a replacement. I would have thought that this was a relatively common situation and there would be processes in place to manage warranty replacement in a secure way? I am guessing that if someone from a computer shop or distributor/manufacturer did access that data without permission it would be a breach of the privacy act. This is the 1st drive I have had that has failed so quickly, as normally when they fail I use it as an excuse to upgrade to a bigger one, but 2TB is still considered a big drive today
But if I am able to access it, what is the best software these days to nuke all the data off it?
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