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Storing hard drive near electric wire
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Mar 15, 20261675 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Can storing a hard drive near an electric wire (220V) damage the hard drive? I have no clue about such things so I thought I'd ask here. It's just that I found a suitable storage place for one of my external drives, but there's electric wire nearby.
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Generally speaking, the EMF produced by electrical cabling will not be sufficient to damage or cause data corruption on a hard drive. Electrical cabling can cause interference with network cables, if they run parallel for a long distance; over a lon…
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