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UltraMan · 01-29-2002, 10:24 PM

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Originally posted by wizardPC:
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"Hard drives can handle 50-60 G's. If you are experiencing 50G's in your car, you have WAY bigger things to worry about than a hard drive failure."</STRONG>

I also heard this, and asked my physics teacher. He said that that type of acceleration is entirely possible. It comes from the deceleration, as in the floor moving upward from the shock absorbers after a bump, and the case of the computer falling downwards. When they hit, for a millisecond the rate of deceleration is very great, which is enough to cause a problem for the hard drive.

01-29-2002, 10:24 PM	#10
UltraMan Newbie Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 11	Quote: Originally posted by wizardPC: <STRONG> "Hard drives can handle 50-60 G's. If you are experiencing 50G's in your car, you have WAY bigger things to worry about than a hard drive failure."</STRONG> I also heard this, and asked my physics teacher. He said that that type of acceleration is entirely possible. It comes from the deceleration, as in the floor moving upward from the shock absorbers after a bump, and the case of the computer falling downwards. When they hit, for a millisecond the rate of deceleration is very great, which is enough to cause a problem for the hard drive.