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X-rays do not affect magnetic media like a hard drive or diskettes. X-rays would damage film above 400. This is because x-rays are high spectrum light used to detect heavy density material, like metal, which then produces an image off the object for security to discriminate. What you should be concerned about, is the magnetic gateway that beeps when you have a set of keys for example. This device operates using a magnetic field. In short, x-rays damage photo sensitive media, and magnetic media is damaged by the "beeping gateway". Hope this helps... jesse > X-From: Christian Rogers <uniloaders@yahoo.com> > > I do a lot of traveling as an international teacher. El Salvador to > New York, New York to El Salvador. This year I thought I would save > myself the trouble of taking diskettes and the lot, and just disconnect > my primary slave drive and take it to the states. While there I will > be purchasing a portable hard drive (Jazz Drive, Zip drive or whatnot). > So my question is should I allow the hard drive to go through an xray > machine, or raise suspicion by handing a hard drive around. They may > think this heavily metal encased object is a bomb or something. Any > similar international traveling experiences. EDTECH has changed addresses. The new list address is EDTECH@H-NET.MSU.EDU. All subscription commands should be sent to LISTSERV@H-NET.MSU.EDU.
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