[Pc_Support] x-ray + laptop

[Brian Rose]

Justin M. Keyes wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> Is there a significant chance that an airport security x-ray may
> corrupt a laptop's hard-drive or anything else?
> 

No. My notebook has survived several trips through the XRay machine.

Hard drives are affected by magnetic fields and the drives themselves are 
usually pretty well protected against "typical" magnetic fields. Even the 
walk-through metal detectors should be benign to your hard drive.

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Brian