Magnets, magnetic fields and today's hard disks don't mix well. I won't debate this at any length, but my choice to avoid ANY issue is to keep magnets out of the area.
http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-7591-0.html?forumID=26&threadID=11668&start=0 may be fun reading.
Bob
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Have 4 machines in house with 3 adults, 2 are mine, 1 for my wife and 1 for my daughter. All machines have removable drives. The silly little keys for the drives keep walking away, so I purchased some magnetic hooks to put on each machine. My daughter ask if that would have any effect on the hard drives and I said no of course not. However, when that hook snapped on the metal case, I was no longer so sure about what effect it might have.
Anyone have any info in this regard? Thanks.

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