Erasing dead external hard drive before recycling

Katrina125

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Mar 29, 2016
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My LaCie 1Tb hard drive has died (tried a few types of connections to my Macbook pro and it's making funny sounds, not showing up in Finder as connected). I'd like to wipe it clean before bringing it to Best Buy for recycling. Any suggestions?
 
Solution
If it is no longer working, you will probably have to resort to physical means to completely disable it. If you have an electric drill, drill a few holes through it.