a magnet gives any damage to laptop or desktop?

Answer 1

you can't wipe information from a hard drive with magnets. It takes a very lpowerful magnetic field to wipe information, nothing that you can carry around with you. Magnets are perfectly fine near or even on a computer. While a hard drive does use magnitism to store data it's a very powerful magnet.
To put this into basic terms you could hook an electromagnet up to your disk drive for a day and it would still boot just fine.
here's an article about it on MSN, have fun reading.
http://msn.pcworld.com/msn/article/0,aid,116572,pg,1,00.asp

if you think about it, why would they put a terribly powerful magnet inside a harddrive if a magnet near your computer could cause damage.

Answer 2

Yes. Primarily disk drives are damageable by magnets because they are made from magnets. So the most likely thing a magnet can do is to wipe data from your disk drives. Magnets will also make some monitors look funny and stuff, but generally don't actually damage them. Electronic circuits are affected by magnetism, but would not be damaged by common household magnets.

Answer 3

small magnets like in normal speakers do little damage but with a somewhat powerful one, trouble.
magnets and electronics do not mix. data storage uses magnets, and other magnets mess it up beyond the ability of any virus.
all the components with live electricity do weird stuff with a magnet around, signals are usually totally disrupted.
cathode ray monitors are also messed up. same with lcd screens.
its the reason powerful speakers are not supposed to be kept too close to the computer.
i made the mistake of leaving a 1kg industrial magnet near my TV, and it knocked the cathode ray tube and the reception equipment out of alignment. permanently.
get a powerful enough magnet close to a flash drive, mp3 player or cellphone and it will black out as well, but these are somewhat better insulated.

Answer 4

Yes the magnets change polarity of an already close tolerenced machine. The funny part about magnets harming your system is that the hard drive, it has a very rare earth magnet running the hard drive and that magnet is so strong that if you get two of them and put your finger in between them one could break a bone as its attracted to the other one. I couldn't free it from my workbox with a hammer! Its that strong!

Answer 5

Contrary to popular belief a magnet WILL NOT damage your hardrive if that's is what you're worry about. It would take a HUGE magnet to erase data on the hardrive.

Answer 6

Of course it can damage them especially your hard disk drive. The magnet can ruin all of your data inside the drive.

Answer 7

Yes indeed they do. They will alter the proper functionality of the laptop and desktop..The magnet interferes with the display and long exposure will affect the display screen...Mine got screwed up like that and no matter what i did, it screwed up eventually......so, take care especially with your laptop....

Answer 8

no longer unavoidably each and every thing is lost. Magnets do influence the disk storage of a workstation, maximum easily, yet no longer unavoidably the electronics. think about lost all of your information, yet you need to be able to get yopur device re-formatted and reset. seek for suggestion from from the employer to procure it from and tell them what befell. you will get fortunate and they'd be able to fix some fuinctionality, see you later as you've the mandatory software on CD/DVD. wish this helps, Fac

Answer 9

yes...it will....that's why the screen shakes when you keep your woofers near the monitor...did you notice one thing in the monitor options...DEGAUSS...it is used to demagnetise...for long life of monitors...keep your UPS as far as possible..mostly at the bottom...and for speakers,keep the woofer nearby the table at the floor and don't keep at the corners....
in case of bringing any magnet near the PCs and laptops...it would affect the data stored in it...it might get corrupt or get completely erased..