dyno0919
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Friday, September 21, 2012 11:38 PM
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Hey guys, simple question here. I'm moving tomorrow and don't have the boxes for my hard drives anymore. Would it be best to just leave them in the case? It's about a 2 hour drive there. Just a couple tips on how to move the hard drives without them getting damaged would be mucho appreciated  . Thanks in advance!
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Re:Best Way to Transport a Hard Drive?
Saturday, September 22, 2012 0:10 PM
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Just leave them in the case. I have shipped computers, even my own from Japan to the East Coast. My brother who is in college during holidays when he goes home transports his rig in his car. The HDD's will be just fine. I have also moved mine in the trunk of my car from my current location to northern Michigan and back which is about a 1100 mile drive.
post edited by loveha - Saturday, September 22, 2012 1:54 AM
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Re:Best Way to Transport a Hard Drive?
Saturday, September 22, 2012 0:12 PM
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Yeah just don't beat the crap outta them, and you'll be fine.
They won't have any issues though. Mainly just don't wanna bump them while spinning, which obviously they shouldn't be powered on while travelling in your car. :p
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Re:Best Way to Transport a Hard Drive?
Saturday, September 22, 2012 1:45 AM
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Aslong as your HDD isnt spinning your not going to have an issue. Ive moved my PC back and forth between houses a few times. Ive always just kept them in the case and havent had an issue yet.
I also drove down to florida from massachusetts about a year ago and took my PC with me because i was staying there for a few months. The only thing i took out of case was my gpu and cpu cooler, but that was just to take some stress of the mobo. PC manged to survive the 1200mile drive there and back no problem.
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dyno0919
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Re:Best Way to Transport a Hard Drive?
Saturday, September 22, 2012 2:54 AM
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Thank you all for the quick responses! I'll just leave it in the case then. My biggest issue now is that I lost my mounting screws for my H100  . Now I'm going to have to buy the complete kit just for 4 stupid screws.
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Re:Best Way to Transport a Hard Drive?
Saturday, September 22, 2012 3:09 AM
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dyno0919
Thank you all for the quick responses! I'll just leave it in the case then. My biggest issue now is that I lost my mounting screws for my H100 . Now I'm going to have to buy the complete kit just for 4 stupid screws.
Hardware store, 6/32 x 1.25 inches (1 1/4"). If you don't plan to mount it through a fan just get something that is short enough to go through the case and get to the radiator that is 6/32 thread. Or try emailing them and see if they will mail you some. Buying another one seems ridiculous just for 8 screws.
post edited by loveha - Saturday, September 22, 2012 3:16 AM
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Re:Best Way to Transport a Hard Drive?
Saturday, September 22, 2012 4:05 AM
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Hard drives can take a few g's while off before they have any issues. If you get in an accident they might be screwed.
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Re:Best Way to Transport a Hard Drive?
Saturday, September 22, 2012 4:24 PM
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if your driving in such a manner to make your hard drives exceed the gforce limit your also likly wrapped around a tree after you black out from the blood leaving your head
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Re:Best Way to Transport a Hard Drive?
Saturday, September 22, 2012 7:52 PM
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nah you should remove them and ship them UPS! like this!
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Re:Best Way to Transport a Hard Drive?
Sunday, September 23, 2012 8:02 PM
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Lol thanks guys I got a couple laughs  . loveha
dyno0919
Thank you all for the quick responses! I'll just leave it in the case then. My biggest issue now is that I lost my mounting screws for my H100 . Now I'm going to have to buy the complete kit just for 4 stupid screws.
Hardware store, 6/32 x 1.25 inches (1 1/4"). If you don't plan to mount it through a fan just get something that is short enough to go through the case and get to the radiator that is 6/32 thread. Or try emailing them and see if they will mail you some. Buying another one seems ridiculous just for 8 screws.
Unfortunately it wasn't those screws that I lost. It's the 4 converter screws for LGA2011 that you screw into the motherboard instead of using a bracket. I have to buy the kit. I guess it's not too bad considering it's only $16, but thanks for letting me know what size the fan and radiator screws are. I'm actually short 4 and I've been running my bottom two fans with only 2 screws each  .
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