Can hard drive be mounted controller side up?

[Cuch]

Can Western Digital hard drive be mounted controller side up? Thanks in advance!

 

[LukFilm]

Yes, they can. Gateway does it a lot.

 

[LukFilm]

Also, why do you think they have holes on the bottom of the hard drive? So they can be mounted upside down

 

[Workin']

Confirming that "yes". If it was not originally formatted in that orientation you might consider reformatting after it is in it's final position. You don't have to, but I would.

 

[dkozloski]

The idea of formatting a drive for the position it is in goes back to the days of the old Winchester drives and W/R heads that were positioned by stepping motors instead of servos. With modern drives it is a complete waste of time. Drives can be safely mounted in any position.

 

[Zach]

<< If it was not originally formatted in that orientation you might consider reformatting after it is in it's final position. >>



Waste of time.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

heheh i have one sitting in the bottom of my case; i forget about it everytime i move the comp and it starts banging around...

 

[Workin']

<< If it was not originally formatted in that orientation you might consider reformatting after it is in it's final position. >>

I said you didn't have to do that, I just said that I would. And I do a lot of things that other people dont - like reading the WHOLE post

 

[bigbootydaddy]

<< heheh i have one sitting in the bottom of my case; i forget about it everytime i move the comp and it starts banging around... >>


DUDE! ever heard of a motherboard?? careful.

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[thorin]

Mounting it on it's &quot;back&quot; shouldn't cause any problems. Unless you leave your case open all the time, you don't really want dust collecting on the controller.

Thorin

 

[Paulson]

If you do put it on it's back, be sure to lay something over the controller part of it.

Yes, your case maybe on, but dust still collects in a case unless you have no dust in your house (probably not the likely case)

anyways, just a suggestion.

 

[NelsonMuntz]

<< The idea of formatting a drive for the position it is in goes back to the days of the old Winchester drives and W/R heads that were positioned by stepping motors instead of servos. >>


I thought Winchester made rifles back in the day . Some of those hard drives probably would have been better off as rifles.

 

[bjc112]

haha,

my 30/30 could have been parts of the 510 meg HDD!!

Bryan

 

[THutchcraft]

Mounting your HDD upside down is fine, just try to limit the amount of dust and debris that you allow to build up on it.

 

[jaywallen]

It is okay to mount the drive upside down
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but only if you turn the case upside down.

Or the house.

 

[MikeO]

but only if you turn the case upside down.

Or the house.



Mounting a ten floor high building upside down *could* create some additional problems.. so try at your own risk. And ask from neighbours first!

 

[jaywallen]

Sometimes there's a price to be paid for getting the case set up the way you want it!