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Fireiwre drive through luggage?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: My Powerbook, in Japan!
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I'm leaving for Japan on Friday, and I have an external firewire HD that I really don't want to carry onto the airplane. Will it be ok if I pack it (very safely) with the rest of my luggage and have it go under the plane? X-Rays won't bother it, will they?
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Teaneck, NJ
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I've never checked mine in but I have taken 2 of them carry on and never had a problem.
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Admin Emeritus  Join Date: Oct 1999
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NO WAY should you check a drive in luggage, it is quite liable to get broken.
tooki
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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Luggage is exposed to more X-rays that a carry on. It CAN weaken your drive.
Also as Tooki says, it will likely get broken from rough handling.
Take it carry on, and have it hand inspected if at all possible.
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Join Date: Aug 2000
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Don't put it in your luggage!!!! Seriously, it would be like deliberately dropping it on the ground and hoping it will work afterwards 
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Aug 2000
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Not to mention the fact that electonic items are highly desirable items and frequently stolen. There was a case in the UK last week where some baggage handlers were using the new X ray machines (installed to counteract terrorism) to find laptops, cameras, diskmans etc to steal.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: My Powerbook, in Japan!
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Thank goodness I'm checking my e-mail at my hotel the night before hand. I'll most certainly carry on my external drive. Thanks guys,
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Parker, Colorado
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Originally posted by finknottle:
Not to mention the fact that electonic items are highly desirable items and frequently stolen. There was a case in the UK last week where some baggage handlers were using the new X ray machines (installed to counteract terrorism) to find laptops, cameras, diskmans etc to steal.
Yes! More horrifying than exposing you're hd to x-rays is the notion of exposing your hd to luggage handlers!
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Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
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