2006-11-28 05:43:36 · 14 answers · asked by Roger C 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
if it is big enough... try a speaker magnet from a subwoofer.
2006-11-28 05:44:44 · answer #1 · answered by xerocs 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A powerful magnet will erase a hard drive.
To use this method as a way to erase a hard drive, it has to be a very powerful magnet, though.
If the question is whether a magnet can harm a hard drive, I wouldn't even try it with small magnets.
2006-11-28 05:45:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
While a magnet will erase data from a hard drive, it would have to be very powerful. From experience destroying hard drives, you will probably bend the read/write head and destroy the circuit board chips long before the magnet is powerful enough to actually wipe the hard drive. But a good magnet will make your hard drive unreadable.
More often hard drives are damaged by static electricity, rather then by a magnetic charge.
2006-11-28 05:58:01 · answer #3 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
YES a magnet will erase a hard drive BUT it would have to be so strong of a magnet that it would also remover the iron from your blood. an electric magnet would do the job easily....it generates a huge amount of static electricity.
2006-11-28 06:20:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
May not toally erase the disk but it has a high risk of corrupting your files. It is NEVER a good idea to have magnets around disks or tape. This includes those refrigerator magnets that hold papers/photos to a metal surface.
2006-11-28 05:49:33 · answer #5 · answered by Don R 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Are you trying to erase it, or are you asking if it will? If the magnet is big enough, yes it will.
2006-11-28 05:46:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's what I've always been told, but I'm not sure, but when I worked I was always told to keep the magnet away from the computor, I handled drill bits & had the magnet to pick them off the floor when dropped.
2006-11-28 05:47:17 · answer #7 · answered by beautie 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is not easily affected by electronmagnetic radiations. I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems. Some RAM/hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful. Try this site, if you can get what is required.
2006-11-29 02:13:17 · answer #8 · answered by RICH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it will. A vacuum cleaner works well too if it's magnetic.
2006-11-28 05:45:30 · answer #9 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know that it can damage the hard drive for sure.
2006-11-28 05:46:52 · answer #10 · answered by jdyzy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋