What Is the Purpose of the “Do Not Cover This Hole” Hole on Hard Drives?

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Published on Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:00:47 GMT Indexed on 2012/10/25 23:04 UTC
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From tiny laptop hard drives to beefier desktop models, traditional disk-based hard drives have a very bold warning on them: DO NOT COVER THIS HOLE. What exactly is the hole and what terrible fate would befall you if you covered it?

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