on 2/10/03 12:06 AM, Greg M at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I dare say that you will not harm a hard drive whatsoever, no matter > how strongly magnetized your screwdriver is. This 'fear of magnets > around magnetic media' is nothing more than myth. Try it out and see. > Here is a test...put several regrigerator magnets in a bag along with a > couple or three floppies, that have data on them. Shake it up. The > floppies will still work fine.
Now, I've done something similar, and unfortunately, it didn't work. Yes, they were refrigerator magnets, largish, round ones. I have also ruined audio tapes via these small magnets--or rather my kids did. . . Come to think of it, they ruined my floppies also... -- -Jon Glass Krakow, Poland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." --John Adams -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
