Is it possible to carry a computer / laptop through the x-ray machine at customs, will it do any harm?

Question

Iron

Good afternoon,
I’m interested in such a question, will the electronic components of such devices as a system unit, laptop, smartphone, etc. be damaged if they are checked in as baggage during flights?
In the same place they are checked through an X-ray machine, maybe through some other devices they are checked, which can do harm. Passing through customs hand luggage (it is also checked through x-rays), customs officers usually ask if there is a laptop there.

Answer 1

1. At the front desk, ask for a "Fragile Objects" sticker. Then your luggage will not be thrown, but carefully laid out and it will not roll along the conveyor belt, beat against other suitcases. Usually suitcases with such a mark are handed out through a separate window.
2. X-ray will not damage your devices in any way. It's just light in the invisible range. Ionizing radiation - yes. But there the radiation is even less than in a conventional X-ray machine. In general, don't worry.
3. At the airport, they ask about laptops not because they are afraid of damage to them, but because they are often used as a container for transporting all sorts of goodies.
4. It is unlikely that you will be allowed to carry a hard drive in your pocket. It has an almost solid steel body, which cannot be illuminated with an ordinary x-ray. It can just be taken apart. So it's better in luggage. It is scanned a little differently and no one will disassemble it.
5. You can worry about the life of the hard drive last. In the yard is not 95-96 years. Now they are made, as it were, shockproof. A small shake from throwing your suitcase will do nothing to it. In order not to be unfounded, I suggest you conduct an experiment. Find an old working HDD that you don't mind throwing away. Year of production - from 2008 to the present day. Of course - SATA. Make sure it works. I even advise you to check for bad blocks. Then throw it from the second floor onto the ground (not on asphalt, otherwise it will be too much), plug it in again and look. Most likely, even bads will not appear on it. The main thing is that the board is not damaged. So your hard drive will survive - do not hesitate :)
Have a good flight :)
PS Just in case, call your airline and check with them the conditions for the carriage of goods of a particular nature. Details for each kit. How and where to transport allow the rules of the airport / airline, but how and where - do not allow. Otherwise, at the airport, in theory, you can get into an extremely unpleasant situation.