On 7/25/2018 9:31 AM, Shadow wrote:
Bought a 2 TB hard drive. Cloned my offline HD to it, containing all
my personal data. Films, photos, passwords, diary, bank details,
receipts etc. No illegal stuff, just data I don't want to share with
the world. Everyone needs a backup, right ?
Two months later it makes a fizzling sound and I get a "hard drive not
detected".
If I hand it in on warranty, they'll just put another controller on it
and will have all my data, which they can sell for more than the HD
costs to manufacture ...... insert tin hat comments
Second time this has happened in under a year. Both HDs went to the
trashcan.

I'll have to start Truecrypting everything.

Wondering what Lynn does with his HDs that crash after a short time
and contain customer's data. Hand them in for a replacement ? If they
are not encrypted, hope not.

"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy
action" - Fleming

Very ****ed. FWIW.
[]'s

I fix dead or malfunctioning hard drives with a screwdriver pounded into
the vent hole. Then trash them.

Lynn