[Tolamac]

My PC and Laptop Hard Drives were damaged by the magnetic mechanism of DVD Player

Please is anyone able to confirm this MYTH.
I experienced this problem within the pace of a week. I multitask my LCD TV as a Monitor, which implied placing my Desktop Tower very close to my DVD Player. I enjoyed the feature for a few weeks only for the OS to start malfunctioning, attempting to reload the OS return a Hard Disk Error and that was is for that Hard Disk. A few days later, I decided to use the extended screen feature of my laptop for the same purpose. This worked for a couple of days as well and a similar OS problem occurred, on attempting to re-image my Laptop, a Hard Disk Error was returned as well. I initially concluded it might be something with the LCD TV only to be told by a Maintenance Engineer that the magnetic mechanism of a DVD Player is able to damage part of a PC Hard Disk.
Please is anyone in the house able to confirm this as well as suggest a solution in retrieving my Hard Disks

Thanx
Tola

[Spencer2004]

its more likeley to be your speakers, they contain large magnets.

[Tolamac]

Thanx Spencer2004

Which speakers do u imply, could it be the built in speakers of the LCD TV, cos thats the only speakers close to my PC and Laptop

Tolamac

[Krlll]

Without doing any research im gonna call BS on this one.
Hard drives themselves contain very strong magnets and they can be mounted very close to each other with no adverse effects.

[Tolamac]

So what could have damaged both PC and Laptop Hard disk then
Could it be related to any feature of the LCD TV

Like I stated in the initial thread, this could be a MYTH, but needs to be proven backened with research. There might be a point of interference placing a DVD Player too close to a PC or Laptop.

Would be helpful if anyone who has experienced this or has a good knowledge of Magnetic Mechanism can confirm

Calling a BS without any research does not exhibit any form of expertise or professionalism. One can argue that the magnetic output of a DVD Player differs from that of another PC Hard drive

So @ Krill, your argument could be called a BS on that note.

[Krlll]

Well I did say "without doing any research".
You know what?
Just Google it and dont so be lazy.

[Jimmy Hat]

Well, krlll has a point. Were only trying to help you so stop being mardy and you should stop flaming people over conclusions you've jumped to and take other people's advice without flaming them IMO. BTW this came before ur reply kr.

[Tolamac]

Guys

I have googled it to no avail and that's why I am throwing the question here in view that someone who might have experienced this before helps with the solution

Let us respect others ideas and question before jumping into BS conclusion

One thing I agree with, is that the damage could have been as a result of magnetic interference. Please you don't have to respond to this thread if you haven't experienced this problem before or if you don't possess reasonable expertise on hardware and hardware failures

@ Jimmy Hat, couldn't notice any point in your response that offered help.

Thanx

[Krlll]

Let us respect others ideas and question before jumping into BS conclusion

Hilarious!
You sure had plenty of respect for my idea.
Anyway as you seem to lack the ability to Google effectively I found this.

Permanent magnets for erasing magnetic media have been available since the dawn of disk drives, but the team found that commercial systems were either magnetically too weak, too large and heavy or could not meet air-safety standards. Instead, the team crafted a new generation of super-powerful magnets to penetrate hard disk enclosures to quickly erase magnetic media. Special high-strength magnets as powerful as those in medical imaging equipment proved sufficient for permanently erasing all information on a disk drive in a single pass.

Now if the so called "Maintenance Engineer" thinks the magnets in your DVD drive compare with those then maybe he should find a different occupation.
I realise your hard disk was not completely erased but the quoted text above at least gives an indication if the types of magnets required to even damage a hard disk.

[Tolamac]

Human beings are very very interesting creatures

@ Krill, if I got ur very initial point clearly,

Quote:
Without doing any research im gonna call BS on this one.
Hard drives themselves contain very strong magnets and they can be mounted very close to each other with no adverse effects

So do u agree then that its not totally a BS, and like I stated in Capital, "Is anyone able to confirm this MYTH." The Maintenance Engineer is not completely wrong because from your quoted text from google, there is a tendency that this is partially correct in my case.

This is exactly what I meant by respecting others ideas and question, Can you confirm 100% that all DVD Players manufactured in the World meet this standard. Is it not likely that some Electronic Systems were manufactured and shipped with missing features.

Anyway, thanks for the information and just learn to understand that everyone is a learner, there is no knowledge you've got today that you didn't receive, so be a bit restful before patronising others. That way your ideas and solution will be much more respected and appreciated

Back to the house:
Is anyone able to share any idea in restoring a Laptop hard disk that has been partially damaged.

Thanx