28 May
2007
28 May
'07
11:05 a.m.
"Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
Do temperatures need to be a concern when storing hard
drives? I'm
looking at a temperature range for storage of about 50-110 (obviously
over the course of a year). I've been keeping my collection of
drives at home, but think it's about time to start thinking about
putting them into storage.
Some drives have rubber parts that will degrade more rapidly in
high-heat, high-ozone environments. (Can you hear me thinking "RD53"?
Although actually lots of MFM and other drives are similar inside.)
Temperature/humidity changes that can cause condensation to form
are not the best thing either. This may be much less of a problem
with smaller modern drives with less thermal mass.
Tim.