Making 3,5" Stash safe. Use with magnets?

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I found this guide
http://www.instructables.com/id/Simple-Secret-Hard-Drive-Safe-turn-your-old-brok/
And was wondering if i could put some other magnets to keep it together?
Have looked at NdFeB Neodymium Magnets.
( http://www.dx.com/no/p/8x-1mm-ndfeb-neodymium-magnet-circular-cylinder-diy-puzzle-set-silver-100-pcs-219204#.V0um3pGLSM9)

Or will this hurt some other electronics these days? Only got led tv and ssd disks.

Thanks for all the help.
 
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I would think you wouldn't want to put it IN your PC because the entire PC is likely to be stolen. Just put it in a closet. It looks like a dead hard drive that nobody is going to think twice about. The article recommends using one of the head actuator magnets removed from emptying the innards of the disk drive.
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I would think you wouldn't want to put it IN your PC because the entire PC is likely to be stolen. Just put it in a closet. It looks like a dead hard drive that nobody is going to think twice about. The article recommends using one of the head actuator magnets removed from emptying the innards of the disk drive.
 
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Depends of who you hide it from. But yes, it isnt the best place.
Yeah, i see he recommends the original.
The question is actually if the computer will take damage from the extra magnets now a days?
 
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I don't know. The magnets would be inside the hard drive shell. SSDs aren't susceptible to magnetic fields. He didn't say this in the article but I would write DEAD on the hard drive in sharpie to even more emphasize it as a dead disk...
 
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Probably. But I wouldn't recommend putting them in the case because the PC is likely to be stolen. A box in a closet is really a much more secure location. Hide in plain sight. Make sure you pad whatever you are going to put in there so that it doesn't rattle and arouse suspicion.
 
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