On 2010/10/17 12:59, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote:
On Oct 17, 2010, at 9:20 AM, Tina K. wrote:
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.
Applied directly, probably certainly if you move them around on the
platters.
Keep the magnets, they're great as very strong fridge magnets. One holds
our 'family cookbook' to the side of the fridge, a collection of about
25 printed pages...
That's what I thought too, though I think Clark gets the award for most
industrial use of the magnets:
On 2010/10/17 14:17, Clark Martin so eloquently wrote:
> I made an antenna mount using some disk drive magnets. It securely
> holds about six feet of copper pipe antenna to the leg of a canopy.
> I have a the side of a small parts cabinet covered in old drive
> magnets (going back as far as 5-1/4" hard drive and floppy drives).
Tina
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