Hi,
John Lawson <jpl15_at_panix.com> said:
> On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
> > --- "Feldman, Robert" <Robert_Feldman_at_jdedwards.com> wrote:
> > > Folklore for PC's was that if you recorded data on a hard drive with the
> > > platters horizontal, remounting it vertically could cause read errors.
> > > Any truth to this?
> >
> > Anyone have any personal experiences with oddly-mounted drives?
>
> My venerable IBM XT spent it's long life standing on it's side next to
> my desk. In the fulness of time, I upgraded, and it was purchased by a
> friend. He came over, we put it through some confidence tests, and he
> took it home. And called me a half-hour later, because it wouldn't boot
> at all, giving a fatal HD fault.
My almost equally venerable AT was used horizontally in work but when I
acquired it and took it home I ran it vertically under the desk with no
problems. Still works fine, but now horizontally again.
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Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb_at_dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!
Received on Thu Jan 30 2003 - 13:18:38 GMT