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17 questions linked to/from What computer components are currently vulnerable to magnets?
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Would these magnets be enough to damage a portable HDD? [duplicate]
As per the title, would these magnets
be enough to damage a portable hard drive such as this Seagate GoFlex
if left next to each other for longer than, say, 20 minutes?
Thankfully, this is all ...
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Can magnets damage or wipe a laptop hard drive? [duplicate]
Suppose my small brother is playing magnets near my Dell laptop.
Will a magnet wipe data from the hard drive, or otherwise irreversibly damage the hard drive?
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Is it safe to keep laptop inside an iron made almirah? [duplicate]
I am thinking of buying an almirah made up of iron and wish to store my laptop inside it. Is it safe ? My concern is that iron being a ferromagnetic material could interfere with the electronics of ...
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Magnetic material near computer [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What computer components are currently vulnerable to magnets?
Is it safe to keep a magnetic material near the computer?
Does the magnetic material affect the performance of ...
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Will the magnetism from a hard drive corrupt another hard drive while stacked(when not running) [duplicate]
I have some hard drives that are not being used anymore but I still have to use them sometimes do stacking the hard drives corrupt the data?
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Do magnets effect flash storage devices? [duplicate]
I'm thinking about using magnets to organize my flash drives. I have standard flash drives you can buy at any store, and some that are M.2 drives inside an enclosure (I know you can buy this too, but ...
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Can Screwdrivers With Magnetic Tips Cause Damage To Electronics?
While it is convenient to pick screws with magnetized tips I wonder if the magnetism can cause any damage to electronics?
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Is it possible to wipe SSD with strong magnetic force?
I know it is possible to wipe a hard disk, but I'm wondering if something similar can be done to SSD disks as well?
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Bluetooth Dongles, are they safe?
I have heard that its not safe to keep magnets or anything that produces static electricity near my computer.
So is it safe to plug in my Bluetooth dongle ?
Will it harm any of my computer ...
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Neo magnet damage to electronics
We use tablets, Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite to be exact, in our production facility to deliver configuration parameters to our employees. It is often the case that they drop the tablet cracking it's ...
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Magnet on back of macbook pro retina
I would like to personalize my MBPR... maybe something like:
My problem is that i would like to change it on a daily basis, like the "Frank" does with hes hats (see 30Rock)... so, a stencil is quite ...
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Is it true that a hard drive need to be used once in a while to stay alive?
I have heard someone saying that someone else said hard-disks need to be "moved" once in a while, meaning it has to spin or data has to read or written to once in a while or something like that.
I am ...
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Can a subwoofer's magnet damage laptop's hard drives?
My laptop (one ssd, one hdd) sits on the (turned off) subwoofer.
Does the speakers' magnet shorten the lifespan of my storage devices?
Cheers,
Dominic
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A few questions about HDDs and magnets
It is possible to corrupt data and even destroy a hard drive when running a powerful magnet over it. So I have a few question. Now if the magnet was powerful enough, can a drive be destroyed only if ...
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Can headphones damage flash memory or other electronics? [closed]
Well, I am currently out of town and my sister left my Playstation headphones sitting on top of my Wii and three USB flash drives.
Can the magnets in the headphones damage anything? She returned home ...