Harddrive standing up

[DaTech]

ok I designed a computer case and my case has my hdd standing up can this in anyway over time damage it i tested it out for a year and still that hdd run fine

I can't think of any part of a hdd that this could damage unless the hdd was gonna die anyways just want some other opinions

Personally i don't think it matters and as soon as ssd is cheap enough and capacity is large enough this won't even matter

[marc2003]

so long as it's perfectly upright, it'll be fine.

[kaiwai]

so long as it's perfectly upright, it'll be fine.

Agreed. Dell for years had their hard disks mounted upright at the front of their case. Never had a single problem with the Maxtor Diamond Max. I guess the only thing is making sure it is mounted securely so that it doesn't move.