In a few weeks I will be traveling again, so coming across this post on securing your laptop for customs inspection
was pretty timely for me. A laptop is precious to anyone who owns one, but for those of us who conduct all our business from one, it becomes more than precious.

I have suffered extreme anxiety at times when my laptop has suffered an ‘incident.’ The last one was when the motherboard failed on my Toshiba Satellite back in September. I now have a Compaq Presario V6000 from the UK. I think there is an HP equivalent (same company now).

Anyway, I was recently thinking about things I can do to lessen the stress of taking my laptop abroad with me, given that so many things could possibly happen. It’s obvious that you want to back up your hard drive onto a thumb drive before you travel.

And while we’re on the subject of traveling with a laptop, remember that it’s not always safe to connect up to just any Wi-Fi connection you come across. NEVER send your private information anywhere while connected to an unfamiliar network. For more dos and dont’s, here’s an essential Wi-Fi list.