They do make HDD un-useable... i hat one that did, a brand new 600gb external :'( error i get after formatting a zillion times: Disk Read Error Press ALT-CTRL-DEL to restart.:'( :'(
google mail (gMail) owns, i only made an account on there about... 8 months ago and didnt delete any of my messages and ive only used 45% (10524 emails) (for work use and personal)gMail OWNS ALL!