[ILUG] wiping a faulty hard disk

[paul at clubi.ie]

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, O'Leary Patrick wrote:

> considered drilling a few holes in the disk itself, but the 
> suppliers may not honour the guarantee then?

Strong degaussers may also damage the disk and void the warranty.

You really need to talk to your vendor. They've almost certainly 
dealt with this question many many times before and may even already 
have procedures in place (DEC did..).

It may cost you though.

regards,
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