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\"Drivesicle\"With the cold weather upon us<\/a>, it makes sense to touch on a topic that few consider\u2026bringing a hard drive up to room temperature \u2013 or at least operating temperature parameters \u2013 before using.<\/p>\n

Any fluid can freeze if it gets cold enough<\/a>, including the lubricant inside your hard drive.\u00a0When the hard drive tries to spin up the platters<\/a> will not turn because the fluid isn\u2019t viscous enough to allow the platters to spin at their proper speed. As a result, you\u2019re looking at a drive that won\u2019t boot up at all, or worse, is spinning at the wrong speeds and possibly corrupting the data on the drive.<\/p>\n

An equally important factor is condensation<\/a>. Ever pull an ice cold beer<\/a> out of the cooler on a warm day? What happens? That\u2019s right! Condensation forms on the outside of the bottle. Now think about that hard drive you just pulled in from the cold\u2026 exactly. Water and electronic components just don\u2019t mix<\/a>. If you\u2019re receiving a brand new hard drive that has been sitting out in the freezing cold, its best to let it come up to temperature in the original shipping container so that the increase in temperature is gradual.<\/p>\n

So, exciting as receiving your new drive is, we wouldn\u2019t suggest immediately opening and plugging it into a NewerTech Voyager<\/a> or USB Universal Drive Adapter<\/a> while in a \u201cfrozen<\/a>\u201d state. The same factors also apply when bringing in your laptop from the cold to protect the hard drive inside.<\/p>\n

Now, keep in mind, we\u2019re talking very cold weather here. Most modern hard drives have a low operating temperature of 0 degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit)<\/a>, aka. the freezing point of water. And the vast majority are safe for storage in even colder temperatures. We\u2019re also talking about platter-based hard disks. A Solid State Drive<\/a> (SSD) with no moving parts has a much greater operating temperature range, as low as -55 degrees Celsius (-67 degrees Fahrenheit). So, if you\u2019re planning an Arctic Expedition<\/a> anytime soon \u2013 SSD would definitely be the way to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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