Performance and error rate will stay within specification limits if the drive is operated in the other permissible orientations from which it was formatted. Thus a drive formatted in a horizontal orientation will be able to run vertically and vice versa.

The drive must be securely mounted in the system to prevent motion or vibration during a seek operation or spindle rotation using appropriate screws or equivalent mounting hardware.

Vibration and shock tests are to be conducted with the drive mounted to the equipment using the bottom four screw holes.