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nijhuis@isg.llnl.gov (Jan A. Nijhuis) writes:
: Subject: Re: Can you run a HD sideways?
: 
: In article <1993Jan19.191613.16547@ico.isc.com> timhu@ico.isc.com (Timothy Hu) writes:
: >Running a hard disk upside down will damage it.
: 
: Interesting... I've always heard that drives shouldn't be run upside down
: because of the way stress is put on the spindle bearing.  However, recently
: I got the opportunity to take apart a Quantum Passport Datapack.  These
: appear to be regular Quantum 3.5" SCSI drives (with a different interface
: connector) mounted UPSIDE DOWN in the carrier housing.  Go figure.
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: 
: Jan A. Nijhuis,
: nijhuis@isg.llnl.gov
: 
: Two wrongs do not make a right, but three will get you back on the freeway.
: 


   They say you can run them sideways, but should reformat them before use.
This was true for the big clunky drives, in days of old, due to gravity on the
w/r arm.  This may not apply to newer drives which have less mass on the arm,
and are generally put together better.  However, I'm still running mine the 
way it is supposed to be run.


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