CHAPTER 6: Traveling with Your Notebook
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Packing your notebook
• Remove all peripheral devices and cables. Remember to
pack those you will need while traveling.
• Pack your notebook securely into a briefcase or
hand-carried luggage, and keep it separate from
toiletries, liquids, and food. Do not pack it in checked
luggage.
• Keep your notebook stable during travel. Secure it to
prevent it from sliding around in overhead bins and car
trunks.
Traveling by air
• Do not check your notebook as luggage.
• Charge the battery in case airport security asks you to
start your notebook.
• Have your notebook hand-inspected or sent through
the X-ray scanner, but never carry it through the metal
detector.
• Turn off you notebook for takeoff and landing.
• Turn off all wireless devices while in the aircraft.
Dial-up modem
• Take a telephone cord to connect the modem to
telephone jacks. If you are traveling internationally, take
telephone jack adapters or an acoustic handset coupler.
• Take a telephone line protector.
• Take a telephone line tester to check for unsafe lines,
especially if you are traveling internationally.
• Take remote access information with you so you can
connect to your ISP while outside of your usual calling
area. A list of country dialing codes may be especially
useful if you are traveling internationally.
