On Oct 23, 2008, at 3:47 PM, g3-5-list group wrote: > > == 4 of 4 == > Date: Thurs, Oct 23 2008 12:07 pm > From: Dan > > > At 10:09 AM -0700 10/23/2008, Bruce Johnson wrote: >> >> Drive orientations hasn't really mattered since the early 90's. The >> only thing to be aware of is if there's a cooling fan be sure not to >> block it, and make sure it's stable in your chosen orientation. > > I'm still paranoid about perfect head alignment... Drives are factory > formatted horizontally. If you're going to run it vertically, then I > recommend zero'ing it vertically first. That way if the heads don't > swing perfectly, you'll KNOW before it starts throwing data into > oblivion.
And then there is another angle. An old tale (perhaps mythic?) was that once a hard drive has "worn in" in either the horizontal or vertical orientation, one should not change its original orientation to the other. What's up with that? Al Poulin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
