[ILUG] wiping a faulty hard disk

[paul at clubi.ie]

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Timothy Murphy wrote:

> I don't understand this passion for deleting data on old disks. Is 
> it really likely that the disk manufacturer will scan you disk and 
> steal your secrets?

See Gary's answer.

For a home user, be aware that disk manufacturers often fix/refurbish 
warranty-exchanged disks (and then re-use them to replace 
warranty-exchange disks :) ). You might not be worried about the disk 
manufacturer, but what about the /next/ person who gets your old 
disk?

(That said, I've never seen a disk have data on it coming from 
manufacturer, and I've had refurbs at least twice I think - but I 
havn't always checked..)

regards,
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