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Old 8th Jun 2016, 08:43
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Uplinker
 
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As far as I know, FDRs use magnetic media which only becomes demagnetised through extreme thermal cycles, mechanical vibration or shock and external magnetic fields.

I once worked on a demagnetiser for television video tapes, and those machines use a lot of energy and intense magnetic fields to wipe the tapes.

So, since these FDRs have been static and immobile at quite low temperatures on a mountain; I would have thought that there would be a reasonable chance of data recovery?
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