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Old 08-01-2008, 10:49 AM  
rowan
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Australia
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If I was ever planning to enter the US with a laptop I would:

a) wipe the drive (not just delete files... actually zero out every sector. when you delete a file some or all of its contents remain hidden on the HD and can be recovered with enough work)

b) do a fresh install of Windoze using the manufacturer recovery DVD

c) stick some family and generic photos onto the drive

d) upload any "sensitive" information to some sort of encrypted online storage system

I do most of my work "on server" so I don't have anything outwardly incriminating, and it's all legal anyway, but you never know what's lurking in that temporary internet files directory.......
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