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MahlerIsGod · 04-20-2003, 08:09 PM

Greetings All,
I just got a Maxtor 5000DV external harddrive to backup all the stuff on my computer. Right now it is on my desk sandwiched between my monitor and my printer. Do I needed to worry about magnetic fields from these devices corrupting or damaging the data on the drive? Or am I just being paranoid? Thanks for any info.

juanvaldes · 04-21-2003, 01:31 AM

I wouldn't be very worried, if it was going to fuck up it probably already would. But why leave it to chance, got a better spot for it?

The_Dude · 04-21-2003, 01:45 PM

i wouldnt worry unless it's directly in front, where the rays can directly hit.

Motry Latchman · 04-21-2003, 05:44 PM

The stongest EM fields from a CRT are at the back (from the electromagnets around the electron gun which direct the beam). There is lead in the glass at the front to protect the user from getting sunburn. Since you don't need to access a HD once it's working, suggest paranoia is a good thing in this case.

04-20-2003, 08:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
MahlerIsGod At The Globe Showing Will How Its Done Location: London/Elysium	External Drives Greetings All, I just got a Maxtor 5000DV external harddrive to backup all the stuff on my computer. Right now it is on my desk sandwiched between my monitor and my printer. Do I needed to worry about magnetic fields from these devices corrupting or damaging the data on the drive? Or am I just being paranoid? Thanks for any info. __________________ "But a work of art is a conscious human effort that has to do with communication. It is that or its nothing. When an accident is applauded as a work of art, when a cult grows up around the deliciousness of inadvertent beauty, we are in the presence of the greatest decadence the West has known in its history."

04-21-2003, 01:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
The_Dude The GrandDaddy of them all! Location: Austin, TX	i wouldnt worry unless it's directly in front, where the rays can directly hit. __________________ "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." - Darrel K Royal

04-21-2003, 05:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
Motry Latchman Crazy Location: to the right of the Coral Sea	The stongest EM fields from a CRT are at the back (from the electromagnets around the electron gun which direct the beam). There is lead in the glass at the front to protect the user from getting sunburn. Since you don't need to access a HD once it's working, suggest paranoia is a good thing in this case. __________________ I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it. Groucho Marx

04-21-2003, 01:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
juanvaldes Banned Location: shittown, CA	I wouldn't be very worried, if it was going to fuck up it probably already would. But why leave it to chance, got a better spot for it?