serverandenforcer 33 Posted September 27, 2011 This past Thursday I flew on one from Texas to California on a flight back from Ft. Wolter. I pulled my laptop out to watch a movie on the flight and my laptop refused to go into Windows. It was working just fine before the flight. Yesterday I tried to figure out what the problem was and it seems that my entire hard drive was wiped clean. Would something inboard the KC-135 do that to my laptop? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted September 27, 2011 Anything's possible I guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nesher 628 Posted September 27, 2011 I'm not sure there is any relation between what happened and the aircraft you were in... on board every aircraft there are computers with hard drives no reason yours will fail and others continue to work properly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lexx_Luthor 57 Posted September 28, 2011 (edited) server:: Would something inboard the KC-135 do that to my laptop? Could be. I forgot how many gees hard drives can generally take. If the plane pulled over 1000g that could do it, ...*edit*-- > less if the drive was operating (heads not parked). How are you feeling post-flight? Edited September 28, 2011 by Lexx_Luthor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FastCargo 412 Posted September 28, 2011 SaE, There wouldn't be anything on the KC-135 that would accidentally wipe your drive...otherwise just about every other magnetic device (including your credit cards) would have been wiped as well. FC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
serverandenforcer 33 Posted September 28, 2011 Guess I had unfortunate luck then. It was working right before I got on and when I popped it out after 45 minutes into the flight, I couldn't get into Windows. Thought it was sort of a weird coincidink. Oh well... re-installed everything anyways, but lost about 2 years of stuff that I was working on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted September 28, 2011 One thing is that if it had been truly external, the chance is high that you wouldn't have been able to reload anything...the drive would've been unusable. Low-level data on a drive isn't touched by a format, but an external mag wipe hits it just the same. Without that data, the BIOS/EFI can't talk to the HD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DWCAce 19 Posted October 1, 2011 Ever think that the plane was jealous of all that technology? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
