Hard Drives Can Survive Fire, Floods

September 12, 2007 By DINESH RAMDE, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- As flood waters filled their basement, Larry and Nancy MacLennan hastily moved their computer to the first floor before evacuating. But the water continued to rise, eventually filling most of the two-story house and submerging the computer for hours.

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