Am I the only one seeing paranoia here? Gale Gorman Houston On Apr 13, 2012, at 12:20 PM, Joseph G. Kovacs wrote: I've read articles that if someone is really determined to retrieve data from a hard drive, it can be done. If a hard drive is smashed with a hammer, or actually broken apart, they use a special jig and can read data from it. The best way is to grind it up! Joe Kovacs =====