Yea, once drilled, or bent or damaged, from what I understand it's very hard to get the info back. I mean hell this past winter when mine went down, after researching getting the info off it, it turned out to be way to **** expensive. An mine wasn't any of the above. Sure the NCIS an CSI and Law & Order, etc make it look easy...but is it really that easy? I don't think so.
I'm leaning to them being greedy to be honest. They had some one ask about a C.O.D an figured they could make money off of everyone that brings them in whole. I mean think about..whats it pay to drop a whole HD off at the yard? Not very much unless you get some kind of super rate on a hard drive. So they pay out the 2 bucks..charge you 5..they make profit, you lose money.
I'd rather take the word of a computer expert like Spin an the other folks here, over any scrap yard trying to advise me on computers, or computer security. No offense to the yard owners here on our forum, but not all yards are honest. Ya'll know this tho, just like not all scrappers are meth addicts who run around ripping copper out of little old ladies homes in the dead of night.
I'm voting Greed over CYA Insurance purposes. They see an easy way to make cash, an do it. Can't blame them really, I can understand it, but don't have to like it.
I had someone ask me about this today, as she was concerned about info on the towers she has. I told her how I go about making them unrecoverable, she thought about it, told me she'd see me next week with the towers. I even offered her the platters back to dispose of on her own if she wanted. Heh, she said my method was ok with her.
I could've charged her, but hey...I'd rather her spread the word to her friends an family.Sometimes not making that extra buck does pay off in more profitable ways.
Good luck with the yard, I'd like to know their answer if you ever ask them.
Sirscrapalot - I'm wordy like a dictionary tonight!
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