Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 12:44:21 -0500 From: "Mehmet Erol Sanliturk" <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> To: "Glen Barber" <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: aryeh.friedman@gmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: how many rankmount units is a tower-case Message-ID: <a333b2be0901040944v6da44f63ie47c8dceff71166c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4ad871310901040535s5808ddfblcf356bfcb402cf2@mail.gmail.com> References: <4960B7D1.1070403@gmail.com> <4ad871310901040530r2a4c280ds188a679c815db657@mail.gmail.com> <4960BABA.4040705@gmail.com> <4ad871310901040535s5808ddfblcf356bfcb402cf2@mail.gmail.com>
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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@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Aryeh M. Friedman < > aryeh.friedman@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. > > > -- > Glen Barber > > "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I > learn." - Benjamin Franklin > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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