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Is this magnet powerful enough to damage magnetic media (HDDs, Tapes, etc)?
by pragmatic 15y ago
Is this magnet powerful enough to damage magnetic media (HDDs, Tapes, etc)?
- yathern 15y ago> Luckily, the magnet is not strong enough to wipe out credit cards nor will it negatively affect electronics or computer monitors. He doesn't specifically say anything about tapes or Hard Drives, but I doubt it.
- iamdann 15y agoI've tried, and from my experiments it has not been strong enough to destroy anything.
- user24 15y agofrom TFA: > Luckily, the magnet is not strong enough to wipe out credit cards nor will it negatively affect electronics or computer monitors.
- dfox 15y agoIt's actually surprisingly hard to intentionally damage most magnetic media (except audio tape and really cheap magstripe cards and you probably aren't going to see either today) with permanent magnet, so one can safely assume, that this is not a problem.