Western Digital MyBook 8TB Fell over accidently while off


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Hello there

Still had it on my desk as i did my backup yesterday before Patch Tuesday, then tranferred some other files off it eariler, anyways it fell over on the desk again, is there anything i should be worrried about?

Was off when it fell over
 

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Most HDD's park their actuator arms when powered off. It's probably not fatal to the drive if the drive fell 90 degrees. A sharp impact like dropping it from a height would damage the drive more.
 

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Yeah well i should've put it where i store it at soon as i was done with it early this morning, and wouldn't have fallen over on its side again. Its never fallen from any heights though

I try to treat my external drives with the most care
 

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Why don't you put it under the desk?
 

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No room under desk to put it, top part is keyboard mouse area. Above that monitor shelf, printer to the right, and then desktop open air tower area where my Lian Li Lancool 216 Argb is located

And then just carpet In open area under desk otherwise.

No shelves under desk

Usually next to printer and by the 4 power outlets section and Pebble Pro speaker.
 

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I seriously doubt you did any damage by tipping the drive over. I've seen that happen many times to HDD external drives, they survived all of the abuse.

You can download the manufacturer's free diagnostic software and check the drive, but I'd give it a 99% probability that it's fine.
 

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CrystalDisk Info Portable showed Good, Temp 47C

no weird noises when was updating one of the backup folders on the drive

so think its ok thank god, i worry so much on things lol
 

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