Destroying Data

I have a Scsi hard disk that has failed. Its under warranty so I'm entitled
to a replacement and my files were backed up so thats not a problem.
My problem is this, if I send it back to the manufacturer I know that its
likely to be reconditioned. When they repair the fault at the factory whats
to stop them seeing my files on the disk ?
Is there any way to destroy the data before I give it back
(It spins up noisily but isn't seen in dos or windows.)

Yes, place a BIG magnet on the side of it!!! j/k. But honestly a magnet
wouldn't hurt. Seriously though, these guys recondition 1000's of hard
drives, if they searched through everyone's hard drive they would have to be
truely mad! Further, I think the recondition process returns all bytes to 0
in the hard drive, so best case scenerio, everything is erased, worst,
someone fixes it and has a look at your porn folder. If you have files that
are that sensitive, fold the hard drive in half and tell them it came that
way...!
Girgath

"John" wrote in message
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I have a Scsi hard disk that has failed. Its under warranty so I'm
entitled
to a replacement and my files were backed up so thats not a problem.
My problem is this, if I send it back to the manufacturer I know that its
likely to be reconditioned. When they repair the fault at the factory
whats
to stop them seeing my files on the disk ?
Is there any way to destroy the data before I give it back
(It spins up noisily but isn't seen in dos or windows.)