| Rod Speed 2006-03-23, 8:54 pm |
| Mike Redrobe <mike@redrobe.net> wrote
> Rod Speed wrote
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> Hard drives can't be expected to survive a drop from the desk,
Then dont drop it.
> tapes and DVDs will. Mishandling is more common in personal desktop
> systems.
Not hard to have the drive in something that isnt readily dropped.
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> Those drives would have to be well cooled and well shock mounted to rival
> the durability of tapes (or DVDs)
Wrong on the cooling when they arent powered up.
> Is there a decent shockproof hard disk enclosure
> or caddy ? One that can survive drops from the desk?
Yep, one of the decent external cases inside one of
those padded containers usually used for cameras etc.
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