I have a WD My Book that is already dying after a few months of usage, bad sectors, access issues, very slow reads, etc and I will RMA it. But I want to make sure the data that is on it cannot be accessed before returning it. The drive has always been run encrypted with password protection using WD security.
Anyone know if I can simply choose “Erase Drive” in WD Utilities, then reset the current password and then set a new password afterwards? Or am I better off trying to do a low level format?
Since some sectors cannot be accessed at all and the drive freezes completely when those files are being accessed, I’m afraid trying to low level format might fail halfway through or something (not sure my reasoning is completely correct either!) - this is why it would be helpful to make sure whether erasing and resetting then changing the password would be secure enough.
Thanks!
Anyone know if I can simply choose “Erase Drive” in WD Utilities, then reset the current password and then set a new password afterwards? Or am I better off trying to do a low level format?
Since some sectors cannot be accessed at all and the drive freezes completely when those files are being accessed, I’m afraid trying to low level format might fail halfway through or something (not sure my reasoning is completely correct either!) - this is why it would be helpful to make sure whether erasing and resetting then changing the password would be secure enough.
Thanks!