Wired’s Gadget Lab tests fire-and-flood proof hard drives. The hard drive is supposed to withstand 30 min. at up to 1550F. It was tossed into the oven and in the fireplace. But the casing wasn’t built to be shake-proof. Might want to save the $400 drive and buy a backup drive instead, to keep somewhere far far away. The drive is an armor-plated 250GB Maxtor hard drive with 250GB capacity.”]
Source: https://gizmodo.com/sentrysafe-hard-drive-endures-trial-by-fire-and-water-5052631