Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/21

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Subject: [Leica] While were on hard drives...
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)
Date: Thu Jul 21 08:10:54 2005
References: <008301c58da1$743ccd40$24a0fea9@MacPhisto><42DF1266.7060908@planet.nl> <DC4F18665B7A779489274C0E@hindolveston.reid.org>
 
Its a Lacie drive that has a metal casing.

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Reid"
Subject: Re: [Leica] While were on hard drives...


> Xrays that are sufficiently powerful can damage the electronics that are
inside a hard drive. When it's in a computer the metal case of the computer
usually protects it. If you have an external HD, make sure it's in a metal
case and not a plastic case.
>
> I've never actually seen this happen, but I worked at NASA long enough to
know all of the horror stories about how electronics fail when hit with this
or that sort of radiation.
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