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I have tried to erase the contains of the hard drive through airport utility and I get a message 'an error occurred while erasing this disk'
How can I erase finally the hard drive and ensure no data stays in? I don't need the hard drive anymore
Thanks
Apple will not do anything for you, even if you are willing to pay them. An independent repair shop might, but the cost of doing this will likely exceed the cost of a new Time Capsule.......if you could find one.
Even if you replaced the hard drive, the power supply is still old and will fail in the near future, so it would make no sense to replace the hard drive unless you also replaced the power supply. That doubles the cost of repairs or more.
If it were me, I would place the Time Capsule in a vise and crush it as much as possible. Then, hit it with a hammer for another 10-12 swings.
If you don't have a vise, run over the Time Capsule with your car.
Your other option would be to take the Time Capsule to a store and trust them to recycle it if you don't want to do the manual work yourself.
Apple will not do anything for you, even if you are willing to pay them. An independent repair shop might, but the cost of doing this will likely exceed the cost of a new Time Capsule.......if you could find one.
Even if you replaced the hard drive, the power supply is still old and will fail in the near future, so it would make no sense to replace the hard drive unless you also replaced the power supply. That doubles the cost of repairs or more.
If it were me, I would place the Time Capsule in a vise and crush it as much as possible. Then, hit it with a hammer for another 10-12 swings.
If you don't have a vise, run over the Time Capsule with your car.
Your other option would be to take the Time Capsule to a store and trust them to recycle it if you don't want to do the manual work yourself.
When the message "Internal disk needs repair" appears, the hard drive has failed. You cannot erase the drive because it is not functioning correctly.
If you are concerned about the data on the hard drive, and you will need to open up the Time Capsule and pull out the hard drive so that it can be destroyed.
Thank you very much Bob ! This is great to know really
Question : How is the best way to destroy a hard drive you would say ? I am more concern about confidentiality issues as you can understand
And is there a possibility that apple would instal a new drive ? ( I don't care about the cost that much )
Cheers
Many thanks! I really appreciate your time and effort to help me out
Time capsule -Internal disk needs repair -How to erase contains?
