From: T. Kephart <kephart@snowhite.eeap.cwru.edu>
Subject: Re: LCIII problems (sideways HD's)
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In article <1qmgjk$ao5@menudo.uh.edu> , sunnyt@coding.bchs.uh.edu writes:
> 	Its not a good idea to have a horizontally formatted hard disk in a  
> vertical position.  If the drive is formatted in a horizontal position,
it can  
> not completely compensate for the gravitational pull in a vertical
position.   
> I'm not saying that your hard disk will fail tomorrow or 6 months from
now, but  
> why take that chance?  If you want more detailed info on the problem,
please  
> mail me at:===> sunnyt@dna.bchs.uh.edu <===.  
> 

Sunny,

I asked this question a while ago while contemplating placing my 650 on 
it's side.  I received a response from someone at Seagate (Sorry I 
trashed the message) stating that most newer drives (Seagates at the 
least) can very well compensate for gravity.  This means that a 
horizontally formatted drive can be later placed vertically with no data 
integrity problems.  The only way that newer drives cannot work is if you 
have varying forces (shaking, bouncing, etc) so don't place the drive on 
it's side on a rocking chair :).  What constitutes a 'newer' drive I 
don't know, try calling your drive manufacturer.  I have a Quantum LP240S 
internal, and since I got it a month ago, I am guessing it's 'newer'.

-t