My 1TB of HD Story REAL happened in 2009.01.02

Submitted by cataha on Mon, 03/09/2009 - 6:33pm

I bought a 500GB x2 =1tb, 2 external HD's. Used them rarely, then suddenly one of them started making noise so i parted since it was RAID configured and recovered data along with not my data.

At first i looked at it thinking it was some crap.. then i seen a picture file with an ad from a banking UNNAMED info site that made me superstitious in going really inside when i found 7 PC's of data been backup to it(System data, registry data, the whole nine yards).....

There account numbers current balances their addresses about 600GB of data logs, Paychex, emails, db, etc.......  about 50GB of it was a DATA ("in a plane view that could be opened with a notepad") from people applying for loans with there FULL history of loans ssn, cc............... The basic info that you get from them credit record history companies....... From "UNNAMED BANK" so in thinking it ever get to me when i'm less expecting it,

I called to "UNNAMED BANK" and after 2 hours of telling me that they have a policy in place and other crap of excuses they used..... They finally asked me to send them back and replace me with new 2 HD ... plus some money....

But if i ever again have that happen to me, i will sell it On craigslist or other place..... cause it took me 2+ hours to prove that i actually have it.... Photos, emails, Phone calls,......... another month of going trough lawyers get accusation of me removed, just because i bought it from ebay moreover having a prove from paypal etc.... and not hacking it....! downloading it for 100+ hours of 600GB+....... That's a night mare.!

Good luck to thoes who will ever go trought it.!

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I think its good.

Submitted by winmaster on Sun, 02/15/2009 - 7:10pm

I think its pretty good. Think about it. 40% is less than half. Did you really think there were that many people out there who understand that simply deleting a file doesn't destroy it? Also, why would you buy a hard drive on eBay. How can you trust a drive that might have been shaken like a Wii Remote. I sure wouldn't. 

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New Hard Drive Jackpot

Submitted by Ace of Spades on Fri, 02/13/2009 - 5:44pm

What if you just bought one of those hard drives from eBay and when you put it in your computer, you find all this crazy exoctic porn on it? LOL! Just imagine to find that stuff in "My Pictures" and in "My Videos" folders! Even crazier if it came from a person that you knew like your: friend, girlfriend and her friend (oh yea), neighbor, relative, or teacher. Perfect for finding there credit card numbers and just max it out on eBay on other good stuff.

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Wipe - not format

Submitted by Looksback on Wed, 02/11/2009 - 8:08pm

Hopefully, everyone who is tech savy enough to read Maximum PC knows that a full format will not remove the data on a hard drive.  It must be wiped with a utility which writes over the entire drive.

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Hard Drive

Submitted by The Relic on Wed, 02/11/2009 - 5:45pm

I have never bought a hard drive from EBay, but have bought computers from the local thrift stores, and it amazes me how many people don't even remove sensitive data from the HD...I found one where the person had apparently been working at a church (lots of files involving office work for the church), but had not only left their personal info (tax scans with their name, addy and social security number!), but apparently didn't clear their cache, which showed they were visiting hardcore porn and fetish sites as well! Of course I did a full format to make it all unrecoverable, as I do all HDs that come to me in such a manner. 

I've received business computers from used shops where customer data was not deleted as well, and in most cases, the accounts didn't even have a password. Really have to wonder what these people are thinking when they don't format before donating.

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Good advice but...

Submitted by bloodyserb on Wed, 02/11/2009 - 3:42pm

If you are attractive and making amateur porn you should always leave your pictures in the My Pictures folder under My Documents.   It's the safest most secure place on the whole hard drive, no one can get into it but you.

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