• bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
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    7 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 materiaal like glass which is covered in a magnetic coatinf