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From: vause@cs-col.Columbia.NCR.COM (Sam Vause, NCR Corporate Customer Services)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: Re: What position is best for a hard drive?
Message-ID: <1990Mar14.215023.1906@cs-col.Columbia.NCR.COM>
Date: 14 Mar 90 21:50:23 GMT
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In article <31164@sequent.UUCP> rjk@sequent.UUCP (Robert Kelley) writes:
>If I have my choice of mounting configuration for a 5.25 inch
>hard drive, what position is best from a reliability standpoint?

Perhaps it would be easier to be kneeling in front of the machine, 
although sometimes it's easier if you're on your back...  :-}