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Subject:Re: Do X-rays Damage Disks? From:Callie <callie -at- WRITEPAGE -dot- COM> Date:Sat, 12 Aug 1995 05:37:27 GMT
In article <302E745C -at- msgate -dot- slc -dot- unisysgsg -dot- com>,
"Johnson, Mike C. @ SLG" <MCJOHNSO -at- slc -dot- unisysgsg -dot- com> wrote:
>Does anybody know if passing a laptop computer or floppy disk through an
>airport X-ray machine damages anything?
>I'd like to know before I take my next trip.
Mike -
The X-rays, no. BUT the motor that moves the belt thru the x-ray chamber
can damage the data from the strong magnetic field it produces. Request a
hand inspection. I carry floppies in a plastic baggie - just hand it to the
chek-point staff.
I don't know about the laptop.
