Just a guess.
"Dudes, if I die, I want one of you to take my harddrive and destroy it. Just get another one and install windows on it and put pictures of my parents."
I don't think it was for his mp3 collection...
"What is still a mystery is how the hard drive came to be separated from the laptop. The type of laptop Gricar was issued has a pop-out hard drive."
Am I missing something real obvious, here, or is this a statement from someone without a clue?