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This is probably the most stupid question I have or will ask ...AND answer but do HDDs have to be a right way up as I have always had them installed with the circuit board to the bottom for dust reasons, but is this correct as my failed HDD now works when the board is facing upwards or is it just gonna konk out in a couple of hrs :shrug:
 
before anyone asks the psu is 400w and I think this is enough but is it
 
I've never found it to make any difference. But if it's failed once and you've managed to kick it back into life then grab everything you can off it quick!
Hopefully you don't need to because you've got backups? But honestly if it's failed once on you then never ever ever ever trust it again.

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Bill
 
Its now having a low level format to clear anything on it and then just going to be used for trialing software
 
That's fine. As long as you never trust it for anything that matters. I must admit I'm reluctant too to throw what appears to be a perfectly useable drive away. But I've seen it too many times to believe it'll hold up for long.

In fact the wisest thing is to always assume that *all* your drives are about 5 minutes away from total meltdown! You can probably tell I work in IT :)
 
Bill Roberts said:
That's fine. As long as you never trust it for anything that matters. I must admit I'm reluctant too to throw what appears to be a perfectly useable drive away. But I've seen it too many times to believe it'll hold up for long.

In fact the wisest thing is to always assume that *all* your drives are about 5 minutes away from total meltdown! You can probably tell I work in IT :)
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I used to have a PC repair business so yes I know where you are coming from lol:lol::lol:
 
Its simple mechanics really.. as the shaft + disk bush wear it doesnt happen evenly ( it actually looks tapered. So ... If you invert one after it seems to be unreadable it can often work long enough running on the thicker part for a while and often long enough to get your valuable data off it. I only used desktop Systems with RAID ( disk mirroring ) these days as if you lose a disk that can be the end of your data... Raid allows a disk to fail and still protect your data on the other disk. In cidentally some early packard bell machines had the disk vertically mounted and they didn't last very long. Horizontal is best and with the board downwards.
 
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