How Do You Erase Hard Drive Magnets?
Magnets have more uses than just keeping pictures on your refrigerator. According to the EETimes website, permanent magnets are the best solution to erasing your hard drive. Neodymium is the strongest type of magnet on the market and can easily delete your hard drive. Erasing your hard drive is important when you want to sell your old computer because it deletes all the personal information that you would not want to share with a buyer. Open your computer. Some computer towers have buttons that you press and lift to open it, and others require a flat-head or Phillips screwdriver. Unscrew the screws on the tower, put them in a safe place and open the tower. Find the hard drive. The hard drive will be a metal rectangular box attached to the CD Rom via a ribbon connector. Detach the ribbon and wires from the hard drive and remove it from the tower. Prepare to apply a large neodymium magnet. According to the EETimes website, their researchers used a neodymium magnet to “penetrate the metal
