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Article #39708Re: Hard drives and airport x-rays, bad??
From: Earle R. Horton
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1989 19:32
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1989 19:32
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In article <CMM.0.88.606507161.carter@Portia.stanford.edu> carter@PORTIA.STANFORD.EDU ("Thomas J. Carter") writes:
>I'm planning on taking my hard drive for a ride on a plane.
>I don't plan on letting it go through the x-ray machine, but
>if they insist will it cause a problem? Thanks in advance.
I've tried this with floppies and 9" magtapes. I have also sent
a computer-containing-harddrive through the checked-backage route. I
have yet to lose any data to airline security precautions. Of far
greater danger are the baggage-handlers, I think.
The acid test would be to pass everything, including your box of
floppy backups, through the x-ray machine. Not being excessively
brave, I usually hand a box of floppies to the attendant to inspect by
hand, plus leave a set at home.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!dartvax!eleazar.dartmouth.edu!earleh From: earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Hard drives and airport x-rays, bad?? Message-ID: <12720@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 21 Mar 89 19:32:40 GMT References: <CMM.0.88.606507161.carter@Portia.stanford.edu> Sender: news@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU Reply-To: earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton) Organization: Thayer School of Engineering Lines: 17