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From: darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Turning the computer on it's side
Message-ID: <1990Jun1.160531.5797@druid.uucp>
Date: 1 Jun 90 16:05:31 GMT
References: <27220@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>
Reply-To: darcy@druid.UUCP (D'Arcy J.M. Cain)
Organization: D'Arcy Cain Consulting, West Hill, Ontario
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In article <27220@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v081nhdb@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu writes:
>The reason not to turn the computer on it's side, unless you have a tower case,
>is the hard drives. In the tower cases, the drive slots are horizontal, though
>the system is vertical, so they work fine. I don't think it matters of you 
>only have floppy drives. This is what a friend of mine in the computer business 
>told me.

Your friend is wrong.  The hard disk can be mounted in any orientation except
upside down.  Some people suggest that it should be formatted in the position
that it will normally be run.  One thing you should never do is turn the drive
while it is running.  Of course you shouldn't move it at all in that case.

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