If you're taking your notebook out of the US

[dsvochak]

If you may be taking your notebook across the border (out of the US), this may be of interest:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02843.html

In July, the Department of Homeland Security disclosed policies that showed that federal agents may copy books, documents, and the data on laptops and other electronic devices without suspecting a traveler of wrongdoing. But what DHS did not disclose was that since 1986 and until last year, the government generally required a higher standard: Federal agents needed probable cause that a law was being broken before they could copy material a traveler was bringing into the country.

[rkawakami]

Believe this was covered here: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=65319