Comment on Are modern electronic devices (i.e. cell phones) still susceptible to damage from magnets?
osbo9991@lemmy.world 1 week agoWith hard drives specifically it would cause the arm inside to move and scratch the disk.
Really? I thought magnets placed near hard drives would just magnitize the platters in such a way that the data would be destroyed. In that case it would still work if reformatted I think.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 week ago
I really don’t know to be honest. Could be both. It’s not something I’ve personally tested lol.