On Mon, 5 Dec 2016 14:02:53 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Mon, 5 Dec 2016 11:32:41 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I don't know anyone who ever put a magnet on the metal case of a
>> computer. Post-it notes, sure. Magnets in such instances would
>> certainly screw up a hard drive (they act as degausser's). I worked in
>> I.T. and we knew better.
>
>Hard drives have very powerful neodymium ("rare earth") magnets in
>them. The magnets used to erase data are much more powerful. A
>fridge magnet won't do diddly to a hard drive.
>
>Half the fun of taking apart hard drives is for their really cool
>magnets.

I should have refreshed the group before adding to my reply