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    17 months ago

    That I’m not sure, I know the premise is that data is read and written magnetically, which would lead me to believe there is some kind of ferrous metal in there somewhere, but I couldn’t tell you the actual composition of the platters.

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      7 months ago

      A quick google search resulted that the actual platter is a non magnetic material like glass which is covered in a magnetic coating

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        17 months ago

        Interesting, thanks for that. So perhaps folding the drives like that may indeed shatter the platters.