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Old 27th February 2007 | 21:56
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Saab Dastard
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Don't give it another thought - unless the enclosure you have it in is 100% hermetically sealed (and it won't be).

All drives have a breather hole, so that the air around the platters can escape when it gets hot and enter when it cools down. Otherwise the resulting build-up of pressure would damage the drive.

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