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I keep an external hard disk on my desk, which is usually turned off, but I will plug it in occasionally to do backups of my computer.

A friend told me that it's a bad idea to be typing on the keyboard while the external hard disk is plugged in and performing a backup. He said that he types rather hard on the keyboard, and over time the vibrations from this led to failure of the hard drive.

Is this true? Since hearing it, I've avoided using the computer while performing a backup. But since this leads to lower productivity, I feel that I need to find out the veracity of this claim.

I should perhaps note that I use a standing desk, which is quite sturdy, but slightly more prone to vibrations and shifts in its plane than the average sitting desk.

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Install an absorbing layer between your harddrive and your desk. You find foam rubber pads in your local home improvement store.

Make sure that your harddrive does no sink into the foam to a degree where heat transfer from the drive to the air is handicapped.

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