Wiping a harddrive clean

[learninmypc]

I have two magnets I removed from a harddrive & am wondering if I move them over the discs, will that wipe the discs clean?

 

[St1ckM4n]

Most-likely yes. Magnets are highly destructive to hard drives, and if you pass them over the disks (in an opened case) you will most likely fry any data on it.

 

[learninmypc]

Thank you. I fgured that was the case. They are now sitting loosely in my drawer filled with smudge marks from my fingers. I shall pass the magnets over them a few times.