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External, External HardDrive Question - Resistance - 10-23-2010

As I perform a system image, is it safe that I have a fan blowing under my ExHDD... Wondered if it would damage it but I thought it would be good cooling method.

RE: External, External HardDrive Question - MarkW7 - 10-23-2010

It'll be fine. Just don't hit it with the fan. Hehe

RE: External, External HardDrive Question - Resistance - 10-23-2010

(10-23-2010, 07:22 PM)MarkW7 Wrote: It'll be fine. Just don't hit it with the fan. Hehe

Exactly! Big Grin

RE: External, External HardDrive Question - Dexdrex007 - 10-26-2010

yeah, its better, the cooler the better.

RE: External, External HardDrive Question - AceInfinity - 10-26-2010

Thats an alright idea, as long as the fan doesn't have any powerful magnets inside Smile Motors usually have them, but I dont think that you'd be able to get it close enough to damage the contents. Yeah, it should be fine. I Don't like External Hard Drives, if you aren't going to be moving them around a lot, then theres no real need for them. Some of them aren't as reliable either, depending on what happens to it, also plays a factor since it's out in the open. I always switch mine to internal hard drives anyway. I wouldn't need to transfer large amounts of files and information to another computer anyway. My USB has usually been sufficient for that.

Internal hard drives are my way Smile I used to have a 2TB hard drive, that I replaced with an internal one too

RE: External, External HardDrive Question - Dexdrex007 - 10-26-2010

oh btw, make sure the fan will not make any vibrations.

RE: External, External HardDrive Question - Telhast - 10-28-2010

I do the same thing with my external hdd , Its completely fine and I dont think it can cause any damage .

RE: External, External HardDrive Question - knev - 10-28-2010

As long as your components are not getting heated up, should be fine

RE: External, External HardDrive Question - AceInfinity - 10-28-2010

(10-26-2010, 07:37 PM)dexdrex007 Wrote: oh btw, make sure the fan will not make any vibrations.

Be sure to add that to the original post then if you want a higher quality tutorial. Make sure that everything is noted in the first post since most people won't want to read through the entire thread to look for further answers Smile

RE: External, External HardDrive Question - Magiic™ - 10-28-2010

(10-26-2010, 06:50 PM)Infinity Wrote: Thats an alright idea, as long as the fan doesn't have any powerful magnets inside Smile Motors usually have them, but I dont think that you'd be able to get it close enough to damage the contents. Yeah, it should be fine. I Don't like External Hard Drives, if you aren't going to be moving them around a lot, then theres no real need for them. Some of them aren't as reliable either, depending on what happens to it, also plays a factor since it's out in the open. I always switch mine to internal hard drives anyway. I wouldn't need to transfer large amounts of files and information to another computer anyway. My USB has usually been sufficient for that.

Internal hard drives are my way Smile I used to have a 2TB hard drive, that I replaced with an internal one too

Yeah I learned that lesson the hard way. Broke my 500gb ExHDD the other week, pretty annoyed. It was 2 years worth of data Omg