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Re: [PLUG] Hard Drive warranty RMA
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Already tried that. The Macs won't mount the drive. :(
Amul
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Jonathan R. DeMasi<jrdemasi@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you're on a Mac you could try using Disk Utilities (located under Applications/Utilities). Then use the "erase drive" button.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TuskenTower <tuskentower@gmail.com>
>
> Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:33:00
> To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List<plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Hard Drive warranty RMA
>
>
> Apparently, there might be something wrong with the disk, fsck.hfsplus
> spat this out in the end.
> ** The volume Time Machine Backups could not be repaired after 3 attempts.
>
> I can't mount the file system RW either:
> [804012.270353] hfs: Filesystem was not cleanly unmounted, running
> fsck.hfsplus is recommended. mounting read-only.
>
> I'm going to do some Googling for a partition wiping utility. Anyone
> have any knowledge about these tools?
>
> thanks,
> Amul
>
> On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 1:18 PM, TuskenTower<tuskentower@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I should have tried my Linux box sooner. The damn thing reads the
>> drive just fine whereas a bunch of Macs (two iMacs, a powerbook, an
>> iBook, and a Mac Book) won't. fsck'ing the drive now. Let's see if I
>> can mount it on another Mac after that. If it won't I'm going to
>> secure-delete the drive.
>>
>> thanks,
>> Amul
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Brian Vagnoni<bvagnoni@v-system.net> wrote:
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: TuskenTower
>>>
>>>> How do you keep data secure when a hard drive fails and you need to
>>>> warranty RMA the device? My father's Western Digital usb backup drive
>>>> went south after only a few months of operation. I think that the HD
>>>> is toast since it started clicking in front of me and I haven't been
>>>> able to mount it on multiple machines. Thoughts?
>>>
>>> ----- End Original Message -----
>>>
>>> Sometimes it's just the USB to xxxx interface that's bad. If you think you can open the enclosure up without voiding the warranty, then you should be able to wipe the hard drive inside via a standard hard drive interface. I had a USB drive go bad on me and it turned out it was just the USB to SATA board. That drive is still spinning today, though out of the enclosure.
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Gordon Dexter
>>>
>>> Degaussing is honestly unlikely to work in most cases. The magnetic
>>> coercivity is extremely high on modern high-density drives. You would
>>> need a magnet so powerful that it would likely damage the internal
>>> components of the drive rather than erase it.
>>>
>>> ----- End Original Message -----
>>>
>>> Find an MRI or particle accelerator, place hard drive near by, turn on Improvised Degaussing equipment, run like hell. :-)
>>>
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