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can direct sunlight kill a drive?

 
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hiccuphell
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:19 pm    Post subject: can direct sunlight kill a drive? Reply with quote
I backed up a couple of servers onto a WD2500 and WD2000 drive. I laid them on a coffee table in my living room marked so i wouldn't forget which one was which. I returned and plugged them in and discovered they both were not working. WTF? I can only assume that the heatwave that passed by and my bone head move of placing the drives directly under a skylight was the culprit. Does anyone know if sunlight can kill a drive?

Thanks in advance.

HH
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harddrivespecialist
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's super unlikely for sunlight to kill drives, speacially 2 of them.
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Kit
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Search for other reason of damage of hard disks.
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Ligon
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Temperatures within a hard drive are so hot, sometimes you can even not hold it with your hands ... so I do not believe in direct sunlight hypothesis.
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