Hey folks, and Happy New Year from Trinidad!

Thinking of a way to mount a laptop hard-drive for use in an automobile for
maximum shock/bump/jolt protection.  During testing some weeks ago,
everytime I hit a hard bump, the system would crash.  First, I'm working on
moving working data/files to a ramdisk to help prevent the crashing, but I'd
also like to mount the drive properly.  I've tried the rubber
vibration-absorbing mounts used on servos, but they haven't solved the
problem.

Low profile is better, so my best other idea (so far untested) is to use 4
springs, one at each drive corner, going radially outwards (horizontal) and
attached to the case.  The drive may sag a bit, so I'd add a small piece of
rubber-foam above and below the drive as dampers.  Perhaps a square inch or
so for each piece.  This would also keep a hard jolt from swinging the drive
enough to bang against the enclosure floor or ceiling.

Anyone have thoughts on doing this, or done something similar?

Cheers,
-Neil.

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