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Destroying a drive under warranty...

My colleagues were working on a top secret software
project and a drive failed (a 20MB one -- yes MB, circa
1986). Apple said it was under warranty and would swap it
via a local store. We didn't trust that the data could not be
recovered, so the drive was thrown about, punctured and
otherwise abused until we were sure the data could not be
recovered, although it still didn't look too bad physically.
We arrived at the store and explained the situation. The
guy behind the counter says "hold on one minute" and
goes to the back room. He returns with a ground strap
around his wrist and says "OK, now I can handle it." We
found it hard to keep from laughing. He had no clue what
was going on, but he did give us the replacement drive.

Posted by: garmon@...   Posted on: 07/23/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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