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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 9:56 am
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Originally Posted by viking407rob
Hi everyone. I have a question about traveling with computer components. I'll be carrying a hard drive and DVD-ROM (for a friend's computer) in my carry on. Do I need to remove this with my laptop for separate screening? Maybe some of you TSA folk can weigh in on this.
The TSA is asking for "large electronics" to be separately screened. Tuesday afternoon I went through COS, and the TSA asked if I had an external hard drive.

(I've noticed that "large electronics" now includes portable DVD players at some airports.)

YMMV.
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