-=> Quoting Ken Parnell to Viktor Pilpenok <=-

 KP> "Viktor Pilpenok"  wrote
in message
 KP> news:407F1EA1.195.fidotech{at}artikbre.synchro.net...
 > Hello Pascal!
 >
 > 15 Apr 04 23:15, you wrote to Jasen Betts:
 > AFAIK, it can be at any angle, the point is this angle shouldn't change
 KP> 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.

Only orientations I've ever seen ruled out were "faceplate" pointing up
or down. In that position, the heads are fighting gravity. 

Upside down shouldn't be a problem.

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