From: nfitz@sentex.ca   
      
   In article ,   
   Henry Spencer  wrote:   
   >In article ,   
   >Mad Scientist  wrote:   
   >>Can the electromagnetic radiation from this solar flare erase hard   
   >>disks or other magnetic media?   
   >   
   >No.  Except insofar as it might indirectly cause difficulties for software   
   >or other hardware, which might respond poorly and mistakenly decide that   
   >altering the contents of the disk was the right thing to do.   
      
   Hmm ... not even the x-ray radiation?  I wouldn't have thought it would   
   have been very healthy, for say, laptop hardrives on the ISS.   
      
   Nick   
      
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