I am moving overseas for a few months and will be working remotely, which will require me to take my desktop computer.  What are the best methods to take a desktop computer overseas? What potential issues are involved?   Should I stuff the entire desktop into a hard-case samsonite luggage (and bubble-wrap/cushion it)? Should I remove sensitive parts and take those sensitive parts separately? Will the TSA say anything if I remove the GPU and CPU and take that with me as carry-on luggage?   Also, I hear that the TSA may open your checked-in luggage, and for desktops that they may remove the heatsink on the CPU. I do not want my CPU to get damaged, so in that case should I remove the heatsink, and CPU so that no one else has to do it?  Anything else to consider?
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I am moving from Malaysia to the US, and planning to bring my desktop computer with me. I plan to pack it in my checked-in luggage. Will the computer risk being damaged? Any precaution should I take to reduce this risk? Will there be any trouble with the airline or immigration about bringing computer?
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I had a business trip with some free time in the evening, so I took my photo gear with me, but on the last moment, decided to leave my film camera at home because I did not want to ruin the film with X-ray scans in airports. I wasn't going to stay long enough to buy, shoot and develop a film during my stay, which seems to be the best way of avoiding X-ray scans.  I want to be better prepared next time, so what would the best practice to travel with undeveloped film?
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Recently bought a new laptop with an extended warranty. Wondering if when a laptop needs to be sent in to the manufacturer for a repair (specifically a hardware repair),  is it ok to remove the hard drive when sending it in?  I don't want to risk my data (security) while in transit and out of my hands.  Nor do I want to delete sensitive files and restore them when my laptop is restored.  I guess this would make it tougher to troubleshoot issues and repair the laptop. I don't know what else I could do.
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In the last few days, a friend-of-a-friend who was due to give a talk at a tech conference in the UK was denied entry at Heathrow and sent back. Their full story . It seems that, in the last few days, the  has been changed. (Compare the  with )  Understandably, with a comparatively well known tech speaker being turned back at the border before a talk, there's been a lot of "WTF"'s and "surely that's not right" on social media from those in and around the UK / US / EU tech scene.  Rather than rely on bits of www.gov.uk which appear to change quite often at the moment (possibly related to many of the people attending the conference in question having the personal phone numbers of people working on the gov.uk site!), I was wondering what the rules and guidance actually said?  If you hold a passport from one of the countries that normally entitles you to request "leave to enter" on arrival in the UK, and you're coming over to give a talk at a conference, what are the rules on if you need to get a visa in advance? And does it vary depending on if the conference organisers are paying for your flights/hotels or not? Or if they're giving you a small fee or not? Or if the conference organisers are a UK or EU registered company?
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I usually leave my lapel pin in my suit jacket, but if necessary I can pack it into my check-in luggage.  For a domestic flight within the U.S., is this something I need to worry about?
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I got myself a dell laptop from the local computer store. Its a used machine with Windows Vista Home Basic on it. I want to load Ubuntu Desktop 10.10 though so I can do perl development. BUT I want to keep a copy of the entire harddrive with the dell utility partition and Windows Vista in case I want to go back. I was thinking I could image the drive but I not sure what to use, I don't have Ghost or anything, Someone had told me about Clonezilla. Would that work for me? Is it hard to use? Also I want to burn the data to a DVD or something more storable than a harddisk.
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I am going to the US in the coming week. However, I heard that laptop and camera are not permitted to bring on board as carry-on. What are the latest rules about these larger electronics?
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According to some reports, your electronic devices are checked whether they turn on before you can get on a US bound flight. What if I carry around a laptop without a battery?
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Before opening a computer, I often hear advice to touch something that is "grounded"  - a computer case for example, or a heating element - to avoid damaging the sensitive electronic equipment through .  What exactly is true here, and what are the do's and don'ts.    Touching what objects will actually work, and what won't? If I touch a computer case, does it matter what it stands on, and whether it is connected to an outlet? What other ways are there to protect the equipment from a static discharge than touching something grounded? Are there common pieces of clothing that I shouldn't be wearing when working inside a computer, for example a woollen pullover?    There is a lot on Google, but there seem to be many contradictions and misconceptions out there, so I think this is a question worth having here.
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Can my computer components ( Monitor, Motherboard, RAM, HDD, CPU, SMPS) become damaged due to a sudden power flux. It's only needed to shut down Windows properly.  Can I solve both Hardware and Software problems without UPS?
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I am flying from Orange County, California to San Francisco, California and then on to Seoul, South Korea. If I check a bag will I have to pick it up in San Francisco and re-check it and go through security or customs for the international flight?  Everything I am reading leads me to believe that it's only necessary to re-check baggage and go through security and/or customs when you are first arriving into a country. However, since my first leg is staying within the United States I assume the airline will transfer my bag to the next flight and I can just go straight to the gate for my international flight?  Both legs of the flight are through the same airline (United Airlines) and there are only the two legs: OC -> SF, then SF -> Seoul.
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My grandparents bought a flight on United Airlines that departs on Feb 10 2019, as the one and same ticket, from Toronto, to ORD with 1 55-minute layover, then Maui. Please ping me if I ought post their return flight on Feb 24's details.   advises:     There should be no customs and immigrations formalities at ORD, as YYZ is a , and CBP matters will be handled in Toronto.    I'm assuming that  persists during their vacation to Maui.   reported some TSA agents' refusal to work.  Will  refuse to work, or any other federal workers pertinent to travelling to and from the US?
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Of course preventing them from getting stolen is the top priority, but invariably, someone is going to get jacked. What are some good practices to minimize the damage incurred when your PC is stolen?  Given most of our PCs contain our entire lives, its frightening to know that all this information can be in someone else's hands.   Some ideas i had (a bit paranoid, i admit).   keep encrypted backups.  Use truecrypt to have double encrypted (with strong password) volumes where you store your personal data. schedule Eraser to run every evening so that potential thieves couldn't undelete (and subsequently retrieve) sensitive data do all your banking in a virtual machine.  Keep the virtual machine volume encrypted, and on a portable usb drive that you carry with you / keep in a safe. have applications that phone home (or hit something to leave an IP trace) upon connection to the internet (can someone suggest a good solution for this?)   Does anyone have any other suggestions?
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My suitcase got stuck in Singapore and arrived a day later which is no issue. The cling foil I had it wrapped in was removed which I found surprising but no real issue either. What did surprise me was the fact that TSA / Customs had 'cut' my lock open even though it has one of the standard locks that should have been opened by a master key as .     I emailed them already but thought I ask the community here if there is anything I can do here to get compensated as I find this very upsetting. It was a brand new suitcase and not only will closing it be very hard moving forward, I can also not use the lock at all anymore.
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In a , I found that the U.S. requires flights from Hong Kong that are bound for the U.S. to confiscate liquids in containers above 100 mL from carry-on luggage in a secondary screening at the gate. However, this did not occur on a recent (June 2014) flight I took to the U.S. from Incheon, South Korea. I've also read forum posts where this has not applied to others going to the U.S. from Seoul or parts of Europe, but also where it has applied to those flying to the U.S. from some other places, including Latin America.  So, under what conditions are U.S.-bound flights required to confiscate liquids from carry-on items at the gate (as opposed to only confiscating them at security checkpoints and allowing items purchased airside to be taken on the plane, as happens on U.S. domestic flights?)  Is this only from certain countries whose primary screening isn't approved by the U.S. DoT (or DHS, as the case may be) for some reason? If so, is there a definitive list of which countries require (or, conversely, don't require) this check at the gate?  Is there an element of randomness to whether liquids acquired airside may be allowed on any given U.S.-bound international flight or is the procedure generally the same from a given departure point? It appears that, , the gate check is always applied, but I'm wondering about the general case of U.S.-bound international flights.  In order to limit the scope of the question, I'm not referring to items purchased in duty-free shops and the special rules and circumstances that may be involved with those. I'm just concerned with filling up or buying a water bottle or buying a soda or some such thing airside and taking it on the plane.
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I'm putting on my desktop computer on steel rack as usual. A while ago, when I touch the steel rack for seconds, practically I feel a tingling sensation, sort of electrical shock in my finders. After that I measured how voltage the steel rack has, the multi-tester meter indicated almost 50V by AC mode. Is this safe to touch or keep the PC on the position, or I should get away the PC somewhere electricity-safe? I'm not sure this site is suit for asking this kind of question, but I'm very worrying whether this is safe or not since this experience is my very first time. Thank you.
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How can I travel to another country (by plane) and take my instruments with me?  I live in Greece and I want to go to the USA with my double and electric bass.  I found  question, but it is limited to traveling in the states.