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From: millernw@clutx.clarkson.edu (Neal Miller,,,)
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Subject: Re: can I install my hard disk upside down?
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Date: 13 Dec 90 03:36:58 GMT
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From article <18653@netcom.UUCP>, by young@netcom.UUCP (Michael Young):
> I just acquired a full height hard drive when we closed one of our
> offices and was attempting to install it on my XT clone.  The problem
> is that the drive bay configuration does not match the drive too well,
> it only fits upside down.  It would fit correctly if the drive didn't
> have these little tabs that were used to hold it in the machine it
> used to be in, I'm not really interested in doing surgery on the drive.
> Would it be a problem to intall is upside down?  I found it upside
> down in a box so it's been that way for a while. 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Michael Young

	Last year, I somehow managed to mount my Seagate 251-1 upside down.
I have no idea how, but I've never had much of any problem with the drive.
Granted, I keep my CPU on its side, but I've never had any problems with it
in any orientation.
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