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Airports and my WD external hard drive?! will xrays erase data? help

jinkssick
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Im flying tomorrow night. I will be taking my external hard drive and want to know any info you may have about the data being erased by any security equipment they use?

I know that if you pass a magnet over an internal HD it will erase everything but is this the same with x-ray machines? or external HDs?
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  • missile
    missile Posts: 11,793 Forumite
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    NO problem
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  • jampton
    jampton Posts: 224 Forumite
    Never had a problem with HDD in either checked or hand luggage
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