I purchased a 17" Macbook Pro a few months ago. It's my first Mac, and I love it, but unfortunately it decided not to turn on a few days ago. I went through all of the recommended troubleshooting steps, and it's still dead, so I've decided to hand it in to Best Buy to be repaired (I have an accidental damage plan). Here's my problem... there is sensitive data on the computer, which, because of my profession, I am required by law to keep private. Given that I don't exactly trust Geek Squad (or anyone for that matter) not to go poking around on my computer, I'm wondering if there is some way to protect this data before it's serviced. I'd rather not wipe the drive clean if it can be avoided. So far I've considered swapping out the hard drive with a different one and just replacing my old one when I get it back, although I've never done that before, so I'm not quite sure how practical it would be. By the way, I do have a startup password on the machine, but I'm assuming that's probably not truly secure. Thanks in advance for any advice!