lol... when u touch surface even without magnet it is already gone! :) 2010/10/17 Tina K. <[email protected]>
> The eight year old HDD in my iMac finally died. Never having had an > out-of-warranty HDD die before I decided to take it apart and see it's > construction for myself. This is what brings me to my question. > > Are the rare earth (?) magnets that control the actuating arm strong enough > to erase the data on the disk itself if they are simultaneously applied > directly to both sides of the disk? > > It's not terribly important as I intend to physically destroy the disk, I'm > just curious about this. > > Tina > > -- > > iMac 20" USB 2, 1.25 GHz G4, 2 GB RAM, GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64 MB DDR > Power Mac June 04, 2 GHz G5 DP, 8 GB RAM, GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL 256 MB > PowerBook G4 15" Hi-Res DL-SD, 1.67 GHz G4, Radeon 9700 128 MB DDR > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > -- Baha Ata -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
