HDD in vertical position.

Hello alt.comp.os.windows-10.

Does it hurts for a HDD to always be in vertical position?

I spend most time on laptop with SSD in vertical position (in bed), and
plan to eventually buy a laptop with HDD, but will it work? Or it is a
no-go?

Have anybody used hard drive for long time in this unnatural way?

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Does it hurts for a HDD to always be in vertical position?

no.

I spend most time on laptop with SSD in vertical position (in bed), and
plan to eventually buy a laptop with HDD, but will it work? Or it is a
no-go?

non-issue, but get another laptop with ssd for the performance and
reliability benefits.

On 22/07/2018 20:30, Evgenii Sputnik wrote:
Hello alt.comp.os.windows-10.

Does it hurts for a HDD to always be in vertical position?

Only if t gets very hot. Heat and magnetic media are not generally
compatible.

So you are into positions these days? Do you still do position 69?



I spend most time on laptop with SSD in vertical position (in bed), and
How do you do this? Is your disk external? If so then consider the
heat aspect. Apart from damaging the HDD, it might catch fire while you
are asleep!!!!!!!!!!!

plan to eventually buy a laptop with HDD, but will it work?

If the HDD comes with a HDD then why should it not work? Can you
explain this?

Or it is a
no-go?

Have anybody used hard drive for long time in this unnatural way?

No. We don't use machines for some stupid purposes. Machines are
supposed to be used on a desk when doing some serious work. There
aren't many people using a laptop in their bed but you'll always find
some idiot coming here to post that they do it all the time.

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On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 02:30:33 +0700, Evgenii Sputnik wrote:

Hello alt.comp.os.windows-10.

Does it hurts for a HDD to always be in vertical position?

I spend most time on laptop with SSD in vertical position (in bed), and
plan to eventually buy a laptop with HDD, but will it work? Or it is a
no-go?

Have anybody used hard drive for long time in this unnatural way?

No problem on my netbook - in use about 8 years.

"Evgenii Sputnik" wrote in message
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Hello alt.comp.os.windows-10.

Does it hurts for a HDD to always be in vertical position?

I spend most time on laptop with SSD in vertical position (in bed), and
plan to eventually buy a laptop with HDD, but will it work? Or it is a
no-go?

Have anybody used hard drive for long time in this unnatural way?

Not a problem, as far as I am aware. Some PCs are designed so they can be
used either as a tower (tall and thin) beside the monitor, or horizontally
with the monitor on top. They even have a CD drive with lugs that support a
CD disc if the tray is vertical, which reinforces the idea that it is safe
for the PC to be on its side.

Some PCs (especially servers) even have the hard disc bays (if there is more
than one) vertical when the PC is in normal tower config.

On 2018-07-22 21:30, Evgenii Sputnik wrote:
Hello alt.comp.os.windows-10.

Does it hurts for a HDD to always be in vertical position?

I spend most time on laptop with SSD in vertical position (in bed), and
plan to eventually buy a laptop with HDD, but will it work? Or it is a
no-go?

Have anybody used hard drive for long time in this unnatural way?

Yes. I have a bunch of external disks powered and working in vertical
position (one side) for years. And I just bought one external disk in
which the disk is positioned vertically, in the long direction.

However, I do remember perhaps more than a decade ago some disk I bought
recommending horizontal position or one particular side and not another
for vertical position. Those disks were smaller than 500 GB, so you can
guess their time.

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On 22-7-2018 21:30, Evgenii Sputnik wrote:
Hello alt.comp.os.windows-10.

Does it hurts for a HDD to always be in vertical position?

I spend most time on laptop with SSD in vertical position (in bed), and
plan to eventually buy a laptop with HDD, but will it work? Or it is a
no-go?

Have anybody used hard drive for long time in this unnatural way?

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Evgenii Sputnik wrote:
Hello alt.comp.os.windows-10.

Does it hurts for a HDD to always be in vertical position?

I spend most time on laptop with SSD in vertical position (in bed), and
plan to eventually buy a laptop with HDD, but will it work? Or it is a
no-go?

Have anybody used hard drive for long time in this unnatural way?


SSD drives can take any orientation.

*******

Rotating HDD are "six axis stable".

https://www.seagate.com/www-content/...100737930b.pdf

3.3 DRIVE MOUNTING

You can mount the drive in any orientation using four screws
in the side-mounting holes or four screws in the bottom-mounting holes.

At one time, the description for hard drives may have
been worded differently (made more of a reference to
the six axis). That document is from the year 2014.

You can probably find other Seagate documents of
that sort, to find the wording they used ten
years ago.

Paul

On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 02:30:33 +0700, Evgenii Sputnik
wrote:

Hello alt.comp.os.windows-10.

Does it hurts for a HDD to always be in vertical position?

I spend most time on laptop with SSD in vertical position (in bed), and
plan to eventually buy a laptop with HDD, but will it work? Or it is a
no-go?

Have anybody used hard drive for long time in this unnatural way?

It will work fine.

On 22/07/2018 20:30, Evgenii Sputnik wrote:
Hello alt.comp.os.windows-10.

Does it hurts for a HDD to always be in vertical position?

I spend most time on laptop with SSD in vertical position (in bed), and
plan to eventually buy a laptop with HDD, but will it work? Or it is a
no-go?

Have anybody used hard drive for long time in this unnatural way?


DON'T BE SO SILLY

critcher wrote:
On 22/07/2018 20:30, Evgenii Sputnik wrote:
Hello alt.comp.os.windows-10.

Does it hurts for a HDD to always be in vertical position?

I spend most time on laptop with SSD in vertical position (in bed), and
plan to eventually buy a laptop with HDD, but will it work? Or it is a
no-go?

Have anybody used hard drive for long time in this unnatural way?


DON'T BE SO SILLY

Since this is a Windows 10 group, it's probably
fair to point out, the new laptop should
also have an SSD. Windows 10 works
better with an SSD to compensate for
being "busy" right after boot time. The
zero seek time is the parameter of interest.
The mechanical shock-resistance is a secondary
feature.

This 128GB drive is big enough for Win10 with
room to spare, and is $53. SSDs don't have to be
too expensive. The 545S isn't the absolute best
you could buy (it stops responding at "End Of Life"),
but I picked one up to use for sneakernet-transfers.
It doesn't hide the fact that it uses TLC flash.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N8&ignorebbr=1

Paul

Paul wrote:

Since this is a Windows 10 group, it's probably fair to point out,
the new laptop should also have an SSD.

If it has an M.2 slot (of the right type) then an SSD in there plus a
larger spinning HD might be an option.