If you use a magnet close to your hard drive you are asking to loose all your data. I don't care what other people have done, drives work off magnetic polarity, if you reverse it with a magnet, viola your data is gone. I would go with the brass idea instead. I have a Mainstreet (300MHz 14.1") and have never had this problem with multiple drives including the original 4900RPM 8GB IBM, 10,20, and now 30GB Toshiba drives.Those drive are also located in the same place. Thats just my humble opinion though.
That is true about the disk and magnets except for the fact that there are two very powerful sets of magnets INSIDE the drive, the head positioning motor and spindle motor. There is also the magnet in the lid that is supposed to activate the reed switch in the bottom case that is the problem. A little swipe with a refrigerator magnet isn't going to harm your data. Over time it is exposed to far greater cumulative magnetic fields, including the Earth's.
I have this problem but I don't bother with the swiping a magnet, I just tilt or pivot the computer some while hitting the shift key.
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