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magnets and drives

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Abattoir

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Does keeping your PC very near big speakers hurt a hard drive at all? I would think it would, due to almost the entire thing relies on magnets to move shit. And as we all know, the bigger the speaker, the bigger the magnet, and I've had my PC right next to some big speakers a few times for long durations. Does this hurt it at all -- short, or long term?

I ask because my harddrive just crashed on me. =(
It makes very slight 'klink'ing sounds when I turn on the computer and the disk starts to spin, like the read/write head is not working like it's supposed to. Any suggestions on that one?
 
Magnetism obeys the Inverse Square Law and the HDDs employ rare earth magents so strong the effect is negligable at the probable distances your talking about

however, an unshielded data cable is another matter
its also likely not an issue, but check the FAQ > Data Corruption > Cables
it really depends on the strength of the field, and the cable

also see my HDD Clicks in the FAQ
when you say its crashed....
can you run the manufacturers diagnostic?
can you see it in the BIOS?
do you have backup?

got to go to a BBQ but will be back later ;)
 
does the drive fully spin up? my drive clicked like that and didnt spin up when my power supply died
 
Do magnets hurt HDDs?? In theory, possible. In practice, highly unlikely.

Good Old Dan's Data
Scroll down to "The enemy within?" and the reply.

"Rare earth permanent magnets have a surface field strength of about 10,000 Gauss; laying a good-sized one of those on top of a hard drive might well wipe some data. But ferrite speaker magnets haven't a hope, no matter where they are."
 
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