Can a magnet destroy your hard drive if you put one on your computer case?

Hard drives store data by using magnetic fields to affect the disks in the drive...an external magnet can corrupt this. If the magnet damages the Master Boot Record, the drive is toast.Can a magnet destroy your hard drive if you put one on your computer case?
On a laptop it will break the screen. On a normal computer it Might not break the hard drive but if you find a very strong magnet and wipe it over and over again it will get rid of all of the memory and all hope of restoring the data. So the answer is it depends how strong the magnet is and how long you keep it over the hard drive.Can a magnet destroy your hard drive if you put one on your computer case?
Small permanent magnets of the 'refrigerator' breed won't hurt.


Although magnetic impulses store data on hard drive platters, the force required must be extremely close to the platter %26amp; focused; I mean within thousandths of an inch.


For any thing as far removed as the case, it would require the power of an MRI machine, which you likely don't have.
It depends on the strength of the magnet and the position of your HD in relation to the magnet. The close the magnet is to your HD and the more powerful it is the more likely it is going to cause an adverse reaction. If you have a fridge magnet on the side of your case then that is fine (I doubt you will notice any change to your HD while you own it).
yes it can, believe me, i had a laptop and i was playing with the magnet on the mouse area (the touch area of the mouse) and it ruined my hard drive because the hard itself is magnetic and i had to buy a new one... :s .So don't take the risk and do the same or even on the case...
Yes, your hard drive is an optical disk, the magnet pulls that disk in the wrong direction and won't spin properly.





DO NOT put fridge magnets on your machine.
In a heartbeat. If the magnet is strong enough, it will corrupt most of the data on the hard drive.
Yes it can. Do your self a favor and don't try it. And don't do it to any one else either. That's just Rude.
well if u left it there long enough and don't try it


even on someone elses computer if that is what ur thinking