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From: sie6@quads.uchicago.edu (scott alexander siege)
Subject: Re: Floppy Disks and X-Rays
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Date: Sat, 8 Jun 1991 04:49:15 GMT


How are disks affected by X-rays? X-rays will not hurt disk. BUT READ ON!!!!!

The problem with those airport X-ray machines is in the conveyor belts etc.
Large motors run the conveyor belts. These motors and all sorts of other 
things associated with machinery create large magnetic and electrical fields.
These fields "can" hurt disks.  (I put can in quotes because I am sure many
many people will write back sayong they have never had any trouble with disks.
But, it is possible and you know what Murphy would say...)  
The bottom line is: Have bags containing disks hand searched. And, never travel
AT ALL with the only copy of ANY data.

-Scott