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In magnetic particles on the hard drive disk surface. The drive head reads the magnetic particles and interprets if they are ones or zeros. The head doesn't touch the disk surface but resides about .00005 thousands away from the surface. Just opening the drive housing in an unclean environment can render the drive unusable. It also voids the warranty

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