Amazing, what happend when you put a magnet near hard disk?

This is the only one and first video on internet that shows this myth .
This video shows what happend when you put a magnet near hard disk drive.

Hard Disk Quantum Pro Drive LPS 210 MB Interface IDE
See the amazing video.

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[KB3PNC]

The magnet corrupted the embedded servo data which the drive uses for tracking.  Without special machines to rewrite a new embedded servo, that drive is junk.

This is why I prefer the old stepper drives, they didn't use servo data and could be recovered from just about anything.

[nopochoclos]

I have two old MFM hard disk hehe , are giants .

Now the disk is trashed :)

[FerralVideo]

Gomemdesoto is more correct than Admin IMHO. I find it hard to believe an integrated circuit can be damaged by a magnet.

If you have an old MFM hard drive with stepper motor, hit THAT with a magnet. Then go into your BIOS and low level format it, adn watch it work again. Go ahead. Try it.

[nopochoclos]

I dont say "integrated circuit can be damaged by a magnet" , i only test what do a magnet over HD.

The result is on video , then the NO bios can recognize any more, why , i cant say it... :(

MFM hd ha ha , i collect that type of HD (i am computer collector) the MFM HD has the best working sound :)

[AdminGoogolplexian]

And few words more. If you swipe magnet over running hard drive, header writes data to wrong points and this causes data overwriting and serious malfunction of disk. I have tested these with magnet on running hd and magnet on stopped hd. Stopped hd had still few files remaining after magnet, running was completely destroyed. And this was with 100 kg strengt magnet. Active undelete is the best recovery programs you should try. I have videos of these test on my account here in youtube. Peace =D

[Lexakron]

Boy i remember those quantum fireball hard disks there more reliable than Maxtor.

[OhNoNotMyPenis]

sounds like the head was fucked

[thelostsoul83]

Well, you *might* be able to low-level format and re-use the drive again, but I doubt it. If the magnet pulled the read/right head into a collision with the spinning platters, it is game over for the hard drive.

[fishpie23]

ya you think you need a magnet i scrambled mine beyond repair with gparted 350 gb now 1 lb paper weight oops

[djahriman]

@AuGmENTor lol. What do you have to hide, mr?

Once magnetic fields interfere with the data on the hard drive, the data held therein will be unrecoverable.

[kishorekumarbairi]

lol..

[bendibell]

A hard disk is a magnetic storage medium. If you put a strong magnet near it, no duh it's going to lose everything. You will have to low-level format the disk now, if that works.

[nopochoclos]

It is a very old HD but functional :) , now it is dead :)

[SeanBondWBB]

nope