When you RMA a Hard Drive, do they check the contents of the disk?

[crumpet19]

I've got a Western Digital 60gb drive thats been giving me some static. By static I mean BIOS sees it but Windows doesn't and it won't spin up. I'd like to get it RMA'd but I do not want anyone else to have access to the contents of the drive. So, if I send it off do they check the contents or just test the mechanics of the drive, repair it, and ship it back? Is there any safe way to "remove" or "premanently damage" the data on the disk without voiding the warranty?

Thanks.

PS. No, it's not porn.

 

[T3C]

Originally posted by: crumpet19


PS. No, it's not porn.

LOL


but im sure that there are regulations. And i really dont think they have time to look through your stuff, if it works thats all they care about.

 

[Soybomb]

I'm sure they get way to many dead drives in a day to worry about taking your apart and fixing it so they can view your porn stash

 

[emu10k2]

You must have pr0n on it, otherwise you'd have never mentioned it.

 

[MacGaven]

It's ****OFFICIAL**** IT'S DA' PORN.

 

[rubix]

well from what i've heard it's possible to even recover data from a disk that's been smashed, burned and thrown in the water if the people have the right equipment and know what they are doing. so i assume wd could, but why would they? ironically, most can't even recover their data after a simple power outage that causes the tables to get corrupted. man i hate harddrives.

what is on the drive anyway? did you run a pirate ftp or something?

 

[crumpet19]

what is on the drive anyway? did you run a pirate ftp or something?

I'd tell you but then I'd have to kill you.

and It's NOT PORN

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: crumpet19

what is on the drive anyway? did you run a pirate ftp or something?

I'd tell you but then I'd have to kill you.

and It's NOT PORN

Animal p0rn? :Q

 

[Encryptic]

I doubt if they do much beyond basic tests to be sure you're not dicking them around. They probably see thousands of HDs every day.

 

[kranky]

You don't get your drive back. If it's broken, they send you another one. They don't fix yours and return it to you.

 

[Drakkon]

I ran a pirate FTP off a WD120GB....had it go bad on me and the thing was 90% full of stuff at the time...but i stil;l sent it off for RMA...came back no problem and never heard anything about it...
in other words you dont got much to worry about. They take the drive and put it in a machine to test power up and boot up and if either one of those dont work they prettymuch just pack you up a "new" one...i've never actually gotten the drive i sent to wd/maxtor/seagate back...just always a similar model/size

 

[isekii]

prolly gay pron,
is that why you are worried ?

if it's straight porn then you got nothing to worry about. Every guy has it.
they'll understand.

 

[NogginBoink]

As a matter of practice, I'm sure they don't look at the contents. What a waste of time.

However, you need to appreciate that if they wanted to, they almost certainly COULD, and there's not much you can do about it.

If you really want to keep the contents secret, your only option is to destroy the drive.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Maybe when they swap it they'll trade your pr0n for one with different pr0n to add to your collection. score!

 

[codeyf]

Originally posted by: isekii
prolly gay pron,
is that why you are worried ?

if it's straight porn then you got nothing to worry about. Every guy has it.
they'll understand.

lol!!!

 

I wouldn't doubt the people at WD don't get bored every now and again and rifle through people's hard drives.

 

[rust5tyle]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Maybe when they swap it they'll trade your pr0n for one with different pr0n to add to your collection. score!

LOL! Western Digital's giant p0rn repository!! Trade in your old, stale p0rn for some new exciting p0rn!!

 

[n0cmonkey]

If you are that worried about it, eat the price of a new drive.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: crumpet19
I've got a Western Digital 60gb drive thats been giving me some static. By static I mean BIOS sees it but Windows doesn't and it won't spin up. I'd like to get it RMA'd but I do not want anyone else to have access to the contents of the drive. So, if I send it off do they check the contents or just test the mechanics of the drive, repair it, and ship it back? Is there any safe way to "remove" or "premanently damage" the data on the disk without voiding the warranty?

Thanks.

PS. No, it's not porn.

you don't get the same drive back when you rma a drive.

 

[XZeroII]

they have a p0rn meter that scans for pics. If they find any, then send copies to your mother and/or spouse.

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: kranky
You don't get your drive back. If it's broken, they send you another one. They don't fix yours and return it to you.

And I have received rma replacements from maxtor that had someone elses data. One time I was even able to boot windows 98.

Run a strong magnet over the drive.

 

[crumpet19]

you guys... sigh.
okay, okay. Thanks for the input.

 

[alphatarget1]

last time i RMAed my IBM drive it took them like 2 weeks and i think they fixed my drive and sent it back to me :Q

the quantum drive i RMAed, however, they gave me a drive with bigger capacity (30gb>40gb maxtor), maxtor pwns

 

[TheShiz]

just get a new drive so no one will know about your weird fetishes

 

[KeyserSoze]

Originally posted by: XZeroII
they have a p0rn meter that scans for pics. If they find any, then send copies to your mother and/or spouse.

Yeah, I've heard of them doing this. It sucks.



KeyserSoze