Queries about HDD RMA.

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Hi guys i have a 250gb WD HDD. which recently went bad i think. Since during a download from torrent i got redendancy error and then after re-booting it is not showing up in the window.

Anyways it contained some important infos too. What i want to ask is if i give it for RMA then will there be any risk that those info's may get into the wrong hands.
Or the data might have been deleted permanently?

If you submit it for RMA, theres very low chance that you'll the exact same HDD. You'll most probably get a 500 GB HDD in return. Even if you were getting the same HDD, it would be completely clean of data; so, backup the data and format it if contains sensitive info.

^^The drive is not even getting detected then how can i back it up. I am only concerned that the infos which the drive had are completely erased or there is a chance that it could fall into the wrong hands if i give it for RMA.