"David Drummond" bravely wrote to "Ken Parnell" (17 Apr
04  07:47:16)
 --- on the heady topic of "Re: Hard disk crashs (was: Chernobyl)"

 DD> G'day Ken

 DD> 16 Apr 04 05:36, Ken Parnell wrote to Viktor Pilpenok:

 >> AFAIK, it can be at any angle, the point is this angle shouldn't change
 >> while the drive is spinned on.

 KP> From my experience and all of the books I have read the only angle
 KP> that your never supposed to run a Hard Drive is upside down. It sounds
 KP> like his was already mounted on it's side and when he tilted it an
 KP> aditional 45 degrees that put his drive upside down.
 KP> You are almost guarenteed to kill a drive this way.

 DD> I disagree. Some of the PCs we have at work have the drive mounted
 DD> circuit side up.

I am surprised because upside down is the most common interdiction in
manufacturer's warnings. These usually read mounting on either side is
ok except upside down. Do you know why upside down is warned against?

 Mike
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