Re: Laptops safety at the airports

[Harry Seaman <hseaman@execpc.com>]

On Wed, 7 May 1997, Waldemar Puszkarz wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> this is probably an old thread, but what is the consensus if such exists:
> is it really safe to expose laptops to x-rays scanners while taking them
> aboard of planes? What does this scanning affect in the first place? Is
> it a hard drive? Wouldn't it be then prudent to send a hard drive with

Ionizing radiation (x-rays) has no effect on magnetization (your hard and
floppy disks).  However, any heavy duty electronic equipment, like x-ray
machines, televisions, etc., may have strong magnetic fields.  Personally,
I've never had any problems.

good luck,
harry seaman