Does vertical position affect hard drive?

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Published on 2009-10-03T15:17:51Z Indexed on 2010/05/04 10:28 UTC
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Hey.
Recently I noticed that for many small PC cases hard drives are installed in vertical position while in midi tower and all bigger they are in horizontal position.

What impact on hdd (non SSD, just plain hdd with all mechanical parts inside) has vertical position/ Does it decrease life of hdd? Is it more prone to data errors?

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