Gateway Lets You Keep Your Dead Hard Drive

from the data-data-data dept

Having recently gone through three dead hard drives in quick succession on a laptop, I actually was getting a bit concerned about what was happening to those hard-drives after they were being replaced. It appears I'm not the only one. Gateway is now offering an option that will give you back your hard drive after its been replaced or upgraded, so you can feel more comfortable that it isn't refurbished and handed off to someone else with full access to all your data. While this seems to focus on "upgraded," rather than repaired hard drives, the problem is still there either way. It makes you wonder if the computer makers, themselves, might be liable should any replaced hard drive show up somewhere else with your data on it.