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I had a brand new 2TB WD drive (bought 6 months back as a spare), which I put to use yesterday to replace a 1TB data drive. All went well, but just when I was all done, I broke the data connector when I was securing it to the case!!!
I contacted WD to see if was covered by warranty, but its not. It's not a boot drive, and I didn't lose any data, so it could have been a lot worse. Only lost some time and money
I still needed a new drive, so I picked up a 4TB drive to meet my needs, and all is now good.
I can no longer use that 2GB drive in any of my pc's anymore (as the data cable wont be a secure connection), but it occurred to me to try sliding it into my external USB2 enclosure , and to my pleasant surprise, it was slow, but readable.
Question: I will likely dedicate such an enclosure just for this drive (for backups, testing etc) .... but in case I decide to dispose of the drive, I would like to 'wipe" it clean first. If I go to Computer Management/Disk Management and delete the Volume, and then re-create a new volume, would that do it? Or do I need to use a third party 'kill' app?
![wd-black-2gb.JPG wd-black-2gb.JPG](https://www.eightforums.com/data/attachments/42/42204-31a1db37d61de22fb0ece548ac99b497.jpg)
I contacted WD to see if was covered by warranty, but its not. It's not a boot drive, and I didn't lose any data, so it could have been a lot worse. Only lost some time and money
I still needed a new drive, so I picked up a 4TB drive to meet my needs, and all is now good.
I can no longer use that 2GB drive in any of my pc's anymore (as the data cable wont be a secure connection), but it occurred to me to try sliding it into my external USB2 enclosure , and to my pleasant surprise, it was slow, but readable.
Question: I will likely dedicate such an enclosure just for this drive (for backups, testing etc) .... but in case I decide to dispose of the drive, I would like to 'wipe" it clean first. If I go to Computer Management/Disk Management and delete the Volume, and then re-create a new volume, would that do it? Or do I need to use a third party 'kill' app?
![wd-black-2gb.JPG wd-black-2gb.JPG](https://www.eightforums.com/data/attachments/42/42204-31a1db37d61de22fb0ece548ac99b497.jpg)
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