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From: axelson@dasys1.UUCP (Kevin Axelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Do You Protect Portables/Disks in Air Travel?
Message-ID: <862@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 21-Jul-87 08:13:34 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 21 08:13:34 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 23-Jul-87 07:02:28 EDT
Organization: The Big Electric Cat
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Keywords: portables disks x-ray metal detector

Can disk data be damaged by magnetic fields encountered during commercial air
travel (e.g. from screening devices or elsewhere)?

If so, what is the best tactic for reducing the risk?  Does anyone take extra-
ordinary measures with their hard-disk equipped laptops?

Thanks for your advice. 

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Kevin Axelson                   {sun!hoptoad,cmc12!phri}!dasys1!axelson

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