I have a new hard drive. The easiest place to install it is in a location where it is upside down. My question asks, can the hard drive work properly if it is upside down, or does it need to be right side up to work at all? Best answers will say that they have done it before and give their results. Thanks very much for your help!!
If it makes a difference, my hard drive is larger than 137 GB.
2007-03-18 04:46:24 · 6 answers · asked by Kevin S 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Well in one machine I own, one drive is with the label up, another is label down, and one is on its side. All are 250gig drives and all seem perfectly happy (they never complain much anyway). Been running that way for two years 24/7.
Check the hard drive manufacturers websites, I didn't find a single one stating the drive needed to be mounted right side up. It because once the platters are spinning they are happy and the heads are not touching them anyway.
PS the motors turn the same direction inside regardless of the mounting.
In fact here is a quote from Maxtor
All Maxtor's internal hard drives can be fitted sideways or upside down. As long as they can not be moved during use and get enough cooling it is irrelevant in which direction they are mounted.
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/knowledge_base/
search for UPSIDE DOWN.
2007-03-18 05:28:32 · answer #1 · answered by Tracy L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can install upside down.
For a hard drive larger than 137 GB, your motherboard must have support for 48-bit LBA and for Windows you must use XP service pack 1 or higher.
2007-03-18 13:24:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should work better right side up since the hard drive was design from top down to work with gravity like a phonograph/ record player, but I don't see why it would not work effectively upside down.
2007-03-18 11:50:55 · answer #3 · answered by ulayhere 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can have the hd upside down or even side ways
2007-03-18 11:51:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if its at all possible mount it right side up. the platters are set to spin in that position. but as long as its flat i dont think it would harm them. ive never heard of any problems with that position.
2007-03-18 11:52:47 · answer #5 · answered by WowCrafter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can. It doesn't really matter. You can turn your desktop pc any which way and it will work. Try holding it diagonally and it'll work fine.
2007-03-18 11:52:28 · answer #6 · answered by Nick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋