(I moved your thread.)
1. That'd leave a bad taste, for sure
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2. Don't touch anything - ie, write to either drive in any way (deletion = a write).
3. For less than you didn't win at Lotto, take drives to a data recovery place to
determine if there is anything left that they can recover.
4. [Consider this not said.]
NEVVA chuck out a drive if it's still useable and you haven't
backed up the data. - Copying it to the new drive only is not backing up.[/Consider this not said.]
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5. Let's hope the likes of AK, JK can shed more light...
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