Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Jeffrey Engle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Question: I have a need to put an external hard drive next to a UPS? >> could there be adverse effects on the HD? Thanks in advance, Jeff >> >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > > IMO it is something to be avoided if possible. > > Assuming you choose not to avoid this how about going to the > electronics store and getting some copper shielding to place between > them? Or the same from a local metals dealer?
Mu metal would help, copper won't. A UPS puts out a fair amount of magnetic field but it's electrical noise is about the same as the computer's power supply. Copper will have essentially ZERO effect on magnetic fields. > > You might not notice data loss for a long time with what you propose. > But in the future you will wonder why those mp3s have dropouts and > videos have snow and other picture loss. SNOW? No, damage to the disk would appear as bad files that stop playback. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
