Queries about HDD RMA.

[quan chi]

Hi guys i have a 250gb WD HDD. which recently went bad i think. Since during a download from torrent i got redendancy error and then after re-booting it is not showing up in the window.

Anyways it contained some important infos too. What i want to ask is if i give it for RMA then will there be any risk that those info's may get into the wrong hands.
Or the data might have been deleted permanently?

 

[harshilsharma63]

If you submit it for RMA, theres very low chance that you'll the exact same HDD. You'll most probably get a 500 GB HDD in return. Even if you were getting the same HDD, it would be completely clean of data; so, backup the data and format it if contains sensitive info.

 

[quan chi]

^^The drive is not even getting detected then how can i back it up. I am only concerned that the infos which the drive had are completely erased or there is a chance that it could fall into the wrong hands if i give it for RMA.