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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

A quick google search resulted that the actual platter is a non magnetic material like glass which is covered in a magnetic coating

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Interesting, thanks for that. So perhaps folding the drives like that may indeed shatter the platters.