Don't hard drives have some sort of onboard controller, which may be
scrambled by the scanner?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jake Anderson [SMTP:grooveee@OPTUSHOME.COM.AU]
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 1:45 PM
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      Re: [EE:] What are acceptable Hard Disk shipping packaging
> standards?
>
> the magnetic scanner really shouldn't do any harm. it might hash the drive
> contents but the only real danger would be induced currents in the drive
> PCB
> and they really should be minimal.
>

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