mhendric@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mitch Hendrickson) (03/08/89)
Probably an old question, but... I was thinking of turning my old clone into a pseudo-tower machine (by turning it on its side :-)). Will this have any nasty effects? The only thing that seems like a consideration is (are) the hard drive (aging TM-502, I believe) and ventilation. Any advice? (email, write for copies or to convince me to summarize, as usual) AdvTHANXance, -Mitch Mitch Hendrickson mhendric@jarthur.claremont.edu OR mhendric@jarthur.uucp OR uunet!jarthur!mhendric OR MHENDRICKOSN@HMCVAX (bitnet) USnail: Platt Campus Center, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711 -- Mitch Hendrickson mhendric@jarthur.claremont.edu OR mhendric@jarthur.uucp OR uunet!jarthur!mhendric OR MHENDRICKOSN@HMCVAX (bitnet) USnail: Platt Campus Center, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
jc58+@andrew.cmu.edu (Johnny J. Chin) (03/10/89)
Yes, you can turn your hard disk sideways ...
BUT, I suggest that you back up all your data and reformat the drive from
low-level up because a drive with the tracks formatted horizontally may not
always work properly when turned sideways (especially on old drives). This
is because of the design of the drives. The heads of the drive are mounted
from the side ... so when you turn the drive sideways, the heads have a
tendency to slide to one side more. Whereas sitting horizontally, it won't.
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