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Especially for the laptop's hard drive, due to all the vibrations while the hard disk is active?
What about putting laptops in rolling backpacks?
InquilineKea
Posted 2011-08-05T03:25:51.160
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Is it risky to use the laptop in the bus?
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You can use laptops while traveling on a bus. However, a huge bump could mess up the platters. They do make shock resistant hard drives now which have definitely saved me in the past. I got a nasty bump on the laptop (ie dropped it while it was booted) and the hard drive immediately realized the shock was beyond the tolerance and shut down. I got a notice on the screen that the drive had taken preventive measures to keep my data safe.
As far as your backpacks go, it would be safe, but I would recommend that you either Shutdown or Hibernate the computer. Do not use sleep mode as it can sometimes keep the disk spinning which is never good for transportation.
kobaltz
Posted 2011-08-05T03:25:51.160
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Event a large bump isn't likely to shock it. Considering it is resting on your lap, its acceleration isn't enough to screw it up. Now if you drop it off your lap. . . – surfasb – 2011-08-05T06:34:54.280
1Oh good points. Does your lap really shield it though? The bus and your lap can pretty much be considered a rigid body with respect to each other (the thing that might not be a rigid body is the internal components of the laptop) – InquilineKea – 2011-08-05T20:10:01.820
If you are really worried about it, consider getting a SSD. – Zoredache – 2011-08-05T04:50:09.247
Most newer notebooks have hard drive shock protection software. – Moab – 2011-08-05T05:01:11.443