Re: hard drive orientation question

[erik@hypermall.com (Erik Kloeppel)]

In article <4596qc$cqe@hearst.cac.psu.edu>, JJeffries@psu.edu (Jason
Jeffries) wrote:

>I have heard of drives that have been run on their sides for a while
>refusing to read properly without being reformatted when turned back
>again. Apparently during normal use, the drive mechanism wears in a
>certain way; when on its side, this changes, so when it's turned again,
>the tracks on the media aren't where the drive "expects" them to be. So
>basically, if you run your drive sideways for a long period, you might
>be best off to leave it that way.
>
or to backup your data, reformat the drive in its new orientation, and
restore your data.

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