Data recovered but HDD corrupt, how delete files before sending to HP?

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  1. marsmimar
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    Brink said:
    Smart to have it in writing.

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  3. Corazon
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    Awesome, well done. :)
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  4. kwdall2
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    Solved: Burned a BootMed boot CD and using ubuntu dd, overwrote the partition twice, first with random numbers, then with zeros. Feel much better now about sending it off.
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