External harddrives and the airlines

[T.Hogan]

I'm going to be traveling soon, and was wondering if the airlines have a problem with taking it as part of my gear. It's a Seagate 250gb. Thanks for the info.

[In2Photos]

I would check with the airlines.

[Jon]

Shouldn't be a problem. Just don't check it - it'll never survive.

[Seamless]

YMMV, but you may be asked to demonstrate that it works.

[EORI]

I've traveled several times with my Seagate 100gb miniature HD in my carry-on, and airport security has never said a word. Same with my Epson P2000.

[purelithium]

I checked my Xbox 360 once, when I was on a 2 week business trip to Texas. survived and had no problems at all.

[Artdime]

I asked this question a while back in a flyer forum and was told that it should not be a problem.

Thread is here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=644846

[Stavhp]

i took it on as carry on
no problems

[Hollywood703]

I had my whole camera bag, laptop, 1 film camera, 2 digital bodies 6 lenses and all the accessories including a external portable drive and they asked me to open it, turn on my laptop and sent me on my way.....and this was just a few months ago.......shouldnt be a problem.

[SunTsu]

I travel quite frequently and I almost always travel with my 2.5 inch hard drive and have never had a problem with taking it in my carry-on. I don't check anything important or expensive because having your luggage lost once is one time too many.

[SunTsu]

One more thing...they do mention that you cannot use peripherals on the plane, but I've even used my external hard drive on the plane and had no problems.