re lciii problems sideways hd s in article qmgjk ao menudo uh edu sunnyt coding bchs uh edu writes its not a good idea to have a horizontally formatted hard disk in a vertical position if the drive is formatted in a horizontal position it can not completely compensate for the gravitational pull in a vertical position i m not saying that your hard disk will fail tomorrow or months from now but why take that chance if you want more detailed info on the problem please mail me at sunnyt dna bchs uh edu sunny i asked this question a while ago while contemplating placing my on it s side i received a response from someone at seagate sorry i trashed the message stating that most newer drives seagates at the least can very well compensate for gravity this means that a horizontally formatted drive can be later placed vertically with no data integrity problems the only way that newer drives cannot work is if you have varying forces shaking bouncing etc so don t place the drive on it s side on a rocking chair what constitutes a newer drive i don t know try calling your drive manufacturer i have a quantum lp s internal and since i got it a month ago i am guessing it s newer t
