Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!cs.mu.OZ.AU!mullauna!jmt From: jmt@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (James Mark THOMAS) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Hard disk on its side Summary: Does it damage a hard disk to be run on its side? Keywords: hdd hard disk Message-ID: Date: 26 May 91 15:54:38 GMT Article-I.D.: mullauna.jmt.675273278 Sender: news@cs.mu.OZ.AU Distribution: aus Organization: Comp Sci, University of Melbourne, Australia Lines: 4 I am running a hard disk drive on its side in an AT. Does anyone know if this is bad for it in the long term? Jim.