Wasn't it the hefty alternating current in the mechanical bell of the old
Western Electric type phones that used to be blamed for erasing floppy
disks?
Rob
>>> >(i.e. Placing a telephone on your Seagate Barracuda II HD
>>> >will most likely end up in you reformatting it.)
>>>
>>> Anyone have a clue why this might be, and whether it requires a corded or
>>> cordless (or cellular) telephone?
>>
>>Normal phones have magnets in the handset that can mess up a disk. I have a
>>magnet reformatting tool. Same principle.
>
>Yeah, that sort of figures, but those magnets aren't very powerful. A
>magnetised screwdriver has never caused me any problems and I'd think a fone's
>speaker magnet would be somewhat less powerful.
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