What does Apple do with replaced hard drives?

My PowerBook G4 hard drive crashed just over a year ago, taking with it all of my Master's essays and assignments. They replaced it under Apple Care in Mexico City (I was living in Mexico at the time), but would not let me keep my old hard drive to recover the data. I still have the hard drive number and serial number. Is there any way to get it back after all this time? Where does Apple send old hard drives?

vaneska:
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
I am sorry that you lost all of your very valuable data. It is very unlikely that the HDD is recoverable anymore. It would have been better to try to recover the data before sending it in, but, of course, it is too late for that now. Indeed, it would have been even better if you had a reliable backup of your computer, and although it is too late for the information already lost, it is still a good idea to do regular backups of everything you can't afford to lose, preferably on an external Firewire Hard Disk Drive.
Good luck.
cornelius
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