Can a hard drive magnetic media be badly affected by scanning it with a scanner?

[FrankK9]

A few days ago my friend's HD went bad after a power surge
(it got fried basicly) , he just told me he used a scanner (computer scanner
just to be clear) to scan its sticker (for data recovery purposes,pcb replacement)
i was shocked,surprised he didnt use a digi camera
so my question is, can a scanner have a negative impact on an HD magnetic media?
thanks in advnace

 

[bsobel]

Shouldn't be an issues, copiers aren't large magnets...

 

[taltamir]

A few days ago my friend's HD went bad after a power surge

Could it be that it was the POWER SURGE that damaged the drive? HDD are very sensitive to variations in their input power, a power surge is a surefire way to kill a HDD.

 

[FrankK9]

@bsobel Good to know,thanks for answering

@taltamir Yes of course ,i mentioned it in my post (by the way,your question makes me wonder if you read it all the way)

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: taltamir

A few days ago my friend's HD went bad after a power surge

Could it be that it was the POWER SURGE that damaged the drive? HDD are very sensitive to variations in their input power, a power surge is a surefire way to kill a HDD.

I dont think he was debating that, just questioning if using a scanner could prevent later data recovery (vs say using a digi camera)

Bill

 

[taltamir]

well, a scanner is light (harmless), a digital camera (harmless), and a tiny motor to move them (should be such a weak and FAR AWAY magnet that it should be totally harmless to harddrives)

 

[California Roll]

Scanning your hard drive is pretty harmless. A lot less harmless than scanning your rear end during an office party and forgetting to delete it off the fileserver. Just saying.

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: California Roll
Scanning your hard drive is pretty harmless. A lot less harmless than scanning your rear end during an office party and forgetting to delete it off the fileserver. Just saying.

Personal experience? 😉

 

[taltamir]

Originally posted by: California Roll
Scanning your hard drive is pretty harmless. A lot less harmless than scanning your rear end during an office party and forgetting to delete it off the fileserver. Just saying.

how can they tell its YOUR rear end?

 

[Itchrelief]

Originally posted by: taltamir

Originally posted by: California Roll
Scanning your hard drive is pretty harmless. A lot less harmless than scanning your rear end during an office party and forgetting to delete it off the fileserver. Just saying.

how can they tell its YOUR rear end?

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