Re: Platin

[Stephen Shaw <xstephenx@apple2.org.za>]

On the contrary I have done this many times and all my disk drives are fine.
(There speaks he inviting God to rectify matters by screwing up one of his dis
drives :-))

On Tue, 10 Jul 2001 08:57:46 -0500, noone@nowhere.net wrote:

> OK for those of you who are more gullible than other, that last post is
> dangerous.  If you place a HD disk onto a speaker magnet, it will
> magnatize the disk with a strong field.  If you then place this disk in
> your floppy drive you will most undoubtedly magnatize the head.  If the
> head is magnatized it will not read your disks, it will erase them.
>
> Only erase disks by formatting them.  If they do not take a format,
> throw them away as they will be unreliable.
>
> Thankx,
> Ed
>
>
> Stephen Shaw wrote:
>> Have you tried degaussing the disks by holding them against a strong magnet?

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As a computer, I find your faith in technology amusing