Bill,

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 07:57:16 -0800, William "Chops" Westfield wrote:
>...
> I wonder how external (USB, firewire) laptop disk drives will
> hold up in a safe deposit box?

Depends how well insulated it is against a Thermite lance!  :-)

As long as it doesn't get banged-about when the drawer is opened and shut, and that it is allowed plenty of 
time to acclimatise before you apply power to it, it should be extremely reliable.  Since the safety deposit 
box will form a Faraday shield, and will probably reduce magnetic fields a lot, there is no reason why it 
shouldn't last for ever.  For small values of "ever", obviously...

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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