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The rust in this case is the iron oxide coating on the inert platters.

Soooo all my data is stored on magnetized rust?

Yep. See [0] for a demonstration of do-it-yourself audio tape but the same applies for hard drives.

Hah, this is amazing! I wish they taught that in schools. I don't know who they are but they're like a mix between Bill Nye, Carl Sagan, and the Mythbusters. Cool duo.

Great old video. Thanks for sharing. Terrifying goose though.

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