I have a 10-month old WD Black 64MB 1TB drive that died, but I'm wondering if it's safe to RMA it as it has sensitive data on it? I pulled it and put it in an external enclosure and I'm going to see if I can secure erase it, but I don't have my hopes up. scott s..

I have a 10-month old WD Black 64MB 1TB drive that died, but I'm wondering if it's safe to RMA it as it has sensitive data on it? I pulled it and put it in an external enclosure and I'm going to see if I can secure erase it, but I don't have my hopes up. scott s..

I never return or RMA a hardrives. Luckily I have not had much problems with hardrives but if they go I tottaly destroy the hardrive and buy another one. With the costs being so low its great insurance. However if one of my SSD go I then that meybe another story so it will be intereting to hear about other peoples experiences about RMA hardrives and any problems relating to identity theft etc as thats the reason for your question.

Yes, I recently RMA'd my HDD, still wonder if they secure them by destruction. Probably a good question for WD.

I think if I can't wipe it I'll just smash it. Not worth it for a $100 drive. I am kind of miffed that it didn't even last a year.scott s..

I think if I can't wipe it I'll just smash it. Not worth it for a $100 drive. I am kind of miffed that it didn't even last a year.scott s..

I would be surprized if WD did not offer a certified destruction program. Besides if it is not defective they wouldn"t warrent it, if it is defective nobody is going to go through the trouble of reading it.