My MBL bricked and now has a permanent amber LED. I have the repleacement from the RMA request already. But, before I send back the original unit, does WD guarantee that the data on the drive will not be stolen or otherwise compromised? I cannot access it now to erase it, and some I the files I have stored have sensitive information. How safe is it to return it, even under warranty? Perhaps I am better off to eat the cost of this purchase; that will be cheaper than haven a stolen identity or bank acocounts accessed.
That is a good question. Human nature is to be curious. If my MyBook Live ever did pap-out, even though it is covered under warranty, I have asked myself on a number of occasions if I would wish to send it back if it fails.
I’ve missed that post. I would guess that once the drive is cracked opened it is simply has another image dumped over what’s there after a DoD wipe is performed?
. . . and that reminds me to create a SafePoint back-up to my LaCie NAS which I since discovered that it maybe a simple NAS, but it’s also good as a USB print server. DOH!
Sorry to be a bother Tony, but that link doesn’t seem to explain how WD handles the data on the disk during their process to refurbish the drive. Maybe I am missing something though.
