Hard drive safty while transporting system in car?

I wanted to ask if you think my hard drives will be safe if I transport my computer case in a truck. I am driving from Atlanta to Hollywood and I will put the computer- probably sitting in the truck bed in a box. I asume the hard drives will be fine with all that vibration right? As long as the box dosnt fall over or anything.

Hard disks are typically rated at 200+g of short-term acceleration while they're powered down, so unless you drive off a cliff you should be fine. My PC survived being transported by boat, truck and who knows what else for thousands of miles from Europe recently with just bubble wrap inside the case and then packed in the original cardboard box that it was shipped to me in.

To be honest, I was more concerned about a PCI card or heatsink or something else coming loose and rattling around inside the case; hence stuffing it full of bubble wrap to minimise any damage. As it happened the only thing that did fall out was the SCSI cable (which has always been loose) and that just plugged back on.

Just keep the hdd on your lap if you have to go somewhere bumpy... Honestly i would not subject it to the boot of a car if i could help it.
DONT PUT IN IN THE CUBBY HOLE, a friend of mine did and a pen tore through the seals and broke the hdd, and keep it in an anti static bag if you have one.

Personally, I'd be a lot more concerned about over-sized CPU heatsinks bouncing around than my hard drive. The hard drives can take quite a jolt when they're not in use. As someone else posted, around 200G's.

Clint

THANKS!

Don't worry about it. I have a LAN machine I lug around once a month and I have never had a problem. When not in use it sits in the garage which is subject to the ever changing temperatures and I have never had a problem.