re lciii problems 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 i think the other replies sum up the fact that you can place a hard drive on its side the point is this will only be sure to work on the new drives namely ht lps drives that have a smaller platter and are also more stable why should i take the chance because i ve been running a maxtor ht lps on both its side and flat for about a year and i ve had no problems with it period like i always say never trust the manufacturer just like everything else in life the right lane ends in half a mile ravi konchigeri mongoose leland stanford edu
