Uh, those aren't exactly like those giant stickers that list the laptop's specs. I know some people leave those on for the entire time they own the laptop. The main reason I leave these on is because I know those are not going to remove as easily as those big stickers. Basically I don't feel like getting out the Goo Gone.

I'll check out the magnet thing, but I don't think that's it. I've never had a thumb drive do that when I plugged it into that port.

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ps- to answer the question, it's an MSI Wind U100 netbook.