The manufacturer requires that the faulty HDD be sent back. It’s 18 TB, so ShredOS estimates 100 hours to completely wipe the drive. I really would rather not go through that. Does anyone else have experience with this?

  • xxtherealgbhxx@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    All good advice this time. Next time crypto the drive. Remember you can’t wipe a dead drive so if you’re super paranoid crypto it before hand then you don’t care.

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      1 year ago

      It’s true you can’t wipe a dead drive if you want to return it and get it RMA’d. On the other hand, I’m willing to bet a hard drive with a few 1/2” holes in it —or platters that got too close to an orbital sander—is going to be recovered by anyone other than a state actor with an agenda.