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Does anyone know of a fully rugged Laptop Hard Drive that withstands extreme cold?
All I find these days are 41 degree hard drives, I will be working outside in sub-zero weather with a toughbook CF-28. It takes a PATA 44-PIN interface.
Thanks in advance.
Sounds like you need to be looking at a Solid State Drive (SSD).
The problem? Almost no SSD are made PATA (IDE). However.... you are in luck.
http://www.memoryc.com/products/description/32GB_KingSpec_2_5-PATA_IDE_SSD_Solid_State_Disk-MLC_/index.html
There is the KingSpec KSD-PA25.1-032mj 32gb solid state drive.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260498283313&rvr_id=&crlp=1_263602_263622&UA=WXF%3F&GUID=6877db581280a0aad4a69a96ff4fa6fa&itemid=260498283313&ff4=263602_263622
There is one on Ebay.
The operational temperature range is given as 0～70ºC, but you need to remember, a SSD drive has no moving parts, so it is not a matter of spinning up the drive at lower temperatures.
However, if you aren't sure if you want to spend that kind of money for such a small drive, you *might* want to consider an Automotive grade HDD.
“They use the same form factor and the same parallel ATA interface as many notebook-class drives,” says Wright. However, the automotive grade drives have a much broader operating range that dictates design changes for both mechanical and electronic components.
For example, at low temperatures, starting the spindle motor to rotate the hard-drive platter requires special consideration. “These drives rotate at speeds up to 1,400 rpm,” says Wright. “So you have to design motors for low-temperature operation.”
At sub-freezing temperatures, supplying enough power to spin the motor is an issue. At high temperatures, the lubrication system for the motor provides additional challenges. Both extremes have been addressed. The operating temperature range for Toshiba's automotive drives is between -22° to 185° F (-30° to +85° C). In contrast, aftermarket products have a narrower temperature range from -4° to 158° F (-20° to 70° C)."
That is from http://wardsautoworld.com/ar/auto_hard_drive_growing/ so it means that Toshiba does make hard drives for your use. http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Path=StorageSolutions/AutomotiveHardDiskDrives and there they are.
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