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    Apr 2, 2010, 06:43 AM
    Returning hard drive to mfg
    My seagate hard drive crashed while still under warranty & I was advised to wipe the data from it before returning it for a new one. How can I do this when I can't even boot up my computer? Thanks for any help. Noboat
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    Apr 2, 2010, 06:48 AM
    You boot from a CD that has a utility to do this, suck as: About DBAN | Darik's Boot And Nuke
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