OT: how many rankmount units is a tower-case

[Mehmet Erol Sanliturk]

If a hard disk formatted and used in a position , in that position it may be
used if manufacturer is NOT advised a specific position . After loading of
files into hard disk , change of position may cause difficulty in reading of
already recorded data .  This point should be considered .


On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Glen Barber <glen.j.barber at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Aryeh M. Friedman <
> aryeh.friedman at gmail.com>
> > Small related question is there any long term harm to laying a disk on
> > it's side (i.e. it lays flat when the tower is up right but on it's side
> > squeezed into a rack)
> >
>
> The ideal answer is 'no'.  The 'safe' answer is 'possibly'.  In other
> words, I wouldn't do it personally, but I don't expect it to cause
> harm.  I'd suspect it'd be more succeptible to a head crash in a
> vertical position.
>
>
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> Glen Barber
>
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