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Originally posted by Nordic
Actually static magnets (fields) are the most disruptive for magnetically stored media, so we didn't have the disk plugged in - the magnet and disk were "not moving".
Heh, I better talk to the electrical engineer at work who got the idea, in case my claims aren't correct. 
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Check with him...
Fixed magnets are bad for magnetically stored media, because the movement of the magnet towards the media creates an increase in magnetic field strength (from the tape/HD point of view) which is a varying magnetic field, aka EMI. Keep them at a fair distance, and everything is fine, but rev up the HD platter to 5400 rpm, and wait...
Try the HD thing again, but power it up, not connected to a PC. I can guarantee you that you will never see a HD so messed up
