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harddisk position
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Can someone tell me or point me to a tech. link where I can find an answer to: Is connecting and running the harddisk vertically healthy ? I have unplugged my drive and plugged it into another PC just to share some data, I placed it vertically and started to copy files. After 20 minutes as I was copying, I got: "CRC errors"..I skipped this problem. Later when I plugged my HDD back, I noticed bad sectors and lots of lost files had appeared. Please advise, Elias |
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"lallous" wrote in message m... Hello, Can someone tell me or point me to a tech. link where I can find an answer to: Is connecting and running the harddisk vertically healthy ? I have unplugged my drive and plugged it into another PC just to share some data, I placed it vertically and started to copy files. After 20 minutes as I was copying, I got: "CRC errors"..I skipped this problem. Later when I plugged my HDD back, I noticed bad sectors and lots of lost files had appeared. I'd say it's time to get another drive, because once it starts chewing up sectors it just keeps spreading. My guess is the drive would have been fine if left where it was. Turning it to the different angle disturbed some kind of particles that were loose inside, so now it's chewing it's self up. I don't even "store" my laptop in any position other than the way it's normally run. Tom J |
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If a drive is not firmly attached you will have longer seeks and more seek
errors. Seek errors on write result in uncorrectable errors. You can get rid of the bad sectors by wiping the drive, there is no permanent damage. "lallous" wrote in message m... | Hello, | | Can someone tell me or point me to a tech. link where I can find an | answer to: | | Is connecting and running the harddisk vertically healthy ? | | I have unplugged my drive and plugged it into another PC just to share | some data, I placed it vertically and started to copy files. | After 20 minutes as I was copying, I got: "CRC errors"..I skipped this | problem. | Later when I plugged my HDD back, I noticed bad sectors and lots of | lost files had appeared. | |
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Tom J wrote:
"lallous" wrote in message m... Hello, Can someone tell me or point me to a tech. link where I can find an answer to: Is connecting and running the harddisk vertically healthy ? I have unplugged my drive and plugged it into another PC just to share some data, I placed it vertically and started to copy files. After 20 minutes as I was copying, I got: "CRC errors"..I skipped this problem. Later when I plugged my HDD back, I noticed bad sectors and lots of lost files had appeared. I'd say it's time to get another drive, because once it starts chewing up sectors it just keeps spreading. My guess is the drive would have been fine if left where it was. Turning it to the different angle disturbed some kind of particles that were loose inside, so now it's chewing it's self up. I don't even "store" my laptop in any position other than the way it's normally run. Tom J The different cabling and mechanical vibration from not being permanently mounted could have been more of a problem than position. |
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Hello,
I assume there's nothing wrong with using the harddrive vertically, at least the modern ones (as to say nearly all the IDE and SCSI) Regards, Nick On 4 Jul 2003 00:37:28 -0700, (lallous) wrote: Hello, Can someone tell me or point me to a tech. link where I can find an answer to: Is connecting and running the harddisk vertically healthy ? I have unplugged my drive and plugged it into another PC just to share some data, I placed it vertically and started to copy files. After 20 minutes as I was copying, I got: "CRC errors"..I skipped this problem. Later when I plugged my HDD back, I noticed bad sectors and lots of lost files had appeared. Please advise, Elias |
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