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From: earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Hard drives and airport x-rays, bad??
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Date: 21 Mar 89 19:32:40 GMT
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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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