Does data recovery work on the hard disk void the warranty?
The following Information is shared from the IBM Website: http://www.storage.ibm.com/warranty/arma24.htm Data recovery policy IBM does not perform any data recovery services. If you need to recover data on your disk drive, you may find the following Internet location useful. The link provides a list of vendors offering data recovery services: http://www.google.com/search?q=data+recovery+disk To return a Drive under warranty, the disk enclosure seal must be intact (not broken) and the Drive must be returned according to Gateway’s warranty return instructions. If the Drive enclosure seal has been broken, the warranty will be voided and any warranty claims for such Drive will not be accepted by Gateway. The only exception to this rule is that a Drive under warranty may be returned with a broken seal if the seal was broken by a commercial data recovery company for the sole purpose of retrieving critical data.
