Disc busted, how erase before return

Well, I think my external hard drive (WD mybook premium 500GB) has officially died. All it does now is make clicks and bangs. It shows up in disk utility but I only get an input/output error when I try to do anything.
My question is, I have all my information on it (including 10,000 photos). I'm nervous about returning it (to Costco) without taking this info off. Do you know of a way that this could be done? Or is there no reason to worry?
Thanks,
Marie
iMac G5 (ALS) Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Thanks guys,
I should clarify, I have all the data on my iMac, the WD was my backup drive (I bought it after my internal drive was failing -- it has been replaced twice).
I just don't know about returning the product to the store with all my data on it (although it doesn't appear accessible). But it seems like there is nothing I can do to erase it so I either throw it away or return it for a new one.
How would you guys feel about handing over a hard drive like that? Should I just trust that as it makes its way back to WD that my data will be erased safely at some point?
Thanks again.
Marie

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