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Is it safe to put an external drive on top of my desktop case near the hard drive?

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Mar 15, 202611293 views
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I'm really embarrassed to ask this question, but it would be more stupid to lose data over this. Is it safe to place an external hard drive on top of my desktop case. I have a DVD/CD reader between the top of the case and the hard drive of the desktop. I know magnets and disk drives are not the bes…

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Shouldn't cause problems. Most computers are designed with slots for several hard disks right next to each other.

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