Can sitting a computer on my hard drive damage it?

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Robert

Hi I recently did something rather stupid I sat my large computer on my portable hard drive , my question can this corrupt the files on it or damage them in any way?

It was only sitting on half the hard drive for like 2 min, it's a powerless portable hard drive very small size of a persons hand, is powered by USB.

I have video files on the drive and I don't want them to be corrupted from having had the computer sit on the drive, so can this effect my files and if so how.

5 stars for best answer and if you can recommend a good hard drive scanning tool apart from scan disk that can scan for corrupted damaged files and bad sectors from external damage.

Thanks guys and Gals.

Answer
Hi there

2 things could happen in this situation: if the HDD was on and plugged in, it is technically possible for the pressure on the case to affect writing to the drive, though still unlikely. Second is if it was not connected and off, there should be no problems assuming there is no physical damage.

I'm going to assume it was on. I'd load the drive and attempt to access the video files, right away they should tell you if they are corrupted/unreadable.

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Answered November 1st, 2013

Would you recommend a Macbook Air or Pro for college?

ClockwrkCr

I will be starting my freshman year of college next year and am going to order a new Macbook. I will either be getting the new 2013 13.3" 128 GB Macbook Air or the 13" 2.5GHz 500 GB Macbook Pro. I was thinking I am not going to use complex programs that will push these laptops to their limits nor end up using all 128 GBs or 500 GBs of the Macbooks so I might as well go with the lighter and more portable one in the Air. I've had my current laptop for a couple years now and I've only used up 76 GB of my hard drive so far and if I run out of space on the Air, I can just buy an external hard drive or whatever. What would you guys recommend? Have you had either Macbook for college?
@theoneandonly I'm not sure if you know this or not, but the new 2013 MBA has the new and faster processor in the Haswell chip, which I believe makes the MBA faster than the Pro.

Answer
I would personally recommend the Macbook Pro rather than the Air for college for a variety of reasons
a.) The Macbook Pro has an Optical Disk Drive -- Although it may not seem like you will use the disk drive, MANY teachers/professors hand out files on discs to students, so it will be a pain to handle an external disk drive everytime you get a disc to view.

b.)The Macbook Pro has a Kensington Security Slot -- It may not seem that you might need this -- I thought the same, however, when I got the corresponding cable along with the slot and locked my laptop up, all my friends' laptops were stolen, but mine was still there.

c.)The Macbook Pro has the faster processor -- You said that you don't push laptops to their limits, so you simply do not need the SSD's speed in the Macbook Air -- However, for day-to-day tasks, a faster processor helps.

d.)Upgradability -- 2 years from now, it is possible to change out your RAM, HDD, CPU (maybe), etc. on the Macbook Pro to keep it running faster. However, this is not possible on the Air as everything is soldered.

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