Can a Cellular phone damage a hard drive

Hello,

I guess many of us heard this, a cellular phone can wipe up your hard
drive.
Please keep the cellphone away!

I understand that there could be some interference, but what about
losing data?
Is this a urban legend, or there's some truth in it.

I would appreciate some insight

seajay wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I guess many of us heard this, a cellular phone can wipe up your hard

Only if you drop the phone *on* the drive.

REPEATEDLY!

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Notan

Notan schrieb:
> seajay wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I guess many of us heard this, a cellular phone can wipe up your hard
>
> Only if you drop the phone *on* the drive.
>
> REPEATEDLY!
>

So if I drop the drive on the phone, will that work as well?

Andreas Wenzel wrote:
> Notan schrieb:
>> seajay wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I guess many of us heard this, a cellular phone can wipe up your hard
>>
>> Only if you drop the phone *on* the drive.
>>
>> REPEATEDLY!
>>
>
> So if I drop the drive on the phone, will that work as well?

Theoretically.

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Notan

On 2007-08-11, Notan <notan@ddressthatcanbespammed> wrote:
> seajay wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I guess many of us heard this, a cellular phone can wipe up your hard
>
> Only if you drop the phone *on* the drive.

My Motorola PEBL U6 actually does have a small magnet that keeps the flip
closed. I don't know how much damage it would cause, if any, if I left the
phone on my laptop (which I don't).

Steve Sobol wrote:
> On 2007-08-11, Notan <notan@ddressthatcanbespammed> wrote:
>> seajay wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I guess many of us heard this, a cellular phone can wipe up your hard
>> Only if you drop the phone *on* the drive.
>
> My Motorola PEBL U6 actually does have a small magnet that keeps the flip
> closed. I don't know how much damage it would cause, if any, if I left the
> phone on my laptop (which I don't).

From what I've read in previous posts, it takes more than just a casual
attempt to demagnetize a hard drive. This includes something less than
a powerful magnet.

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Notan