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20-07-2004
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| magnets affecting hard drives I read in PC mag that a magnet will not affect a hard drive. My computer teacher laughed and said that was completly wrong. I need to know the true answer. Please reply!!!!!
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| Re: magnets affecting hard drives Ask you computer teacher if he knows about the magnet "inside" of the hard drive itself. A magnet will affect your hard drive...but such a magnet would have to be exceptionally powerful. Powerful enough that it would do you physical harm if you were in the vicinity. The absolute answer is "YES" a magnet can harm you HDD....howerver you will most likely never have the option of being anywhere near a device of that magnitude.
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21-07-2004
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| Re: magnets affecting hard drives I've been told many times to keep magnets away from electronic devices, e.g. computers. Anyway, I'm usually pretty cautious about it, I don't use the screwdrivers with magnetic tips. Anyway, as far as damaging it goes, jmike314 is probably right. But erasing it might only take a litte bit of magnetice power. So, as a rule, I would keep them away from computers.
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