Gary Pigott wrote:
> I don't think so..... Not unless you're going to put it in a *large* box
> of bubble wrap.
My laptop hard drive at least, can take 200g acceleration
when parked. Optical media is more robust, especially
considering corruption due to magnetic fields, though
laptops are shipped through standard channels without
adverse affects, so I wouldn't worry about it.
Pádraig.
p.s. Here is my simple hard disk backup solution:
http://www.pixelbeat.org/systems/usb_backup/
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