Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!ptsfa!hoptoad!dasys1!axelson 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 Article-I.D.: dasys1.862 Posted: Tue Jul 21 08:13:34 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Jul-87 07:02:28 EDT Organization: The Big Electric Cat Lines: 13 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. -- Kevin Axelson {sun!hoptoad,cmc12!phri}!dasys1!axelson BEC Public Access Unix, NYC Can anyone see if it's raining outside?