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Most hard drives have a hard metal case to protect the disk(s) within, so they could endure a small drop or two. But yes, they are sensitive to physical damage.
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Can hard drive damage by water?
yes a hard drive can be damaged by water...
Will dropping a laptop destroy it's hard drive?
It is possible that dropping a laptop can destroy its hard drive. But it depends on the type of hard drive it used and how hard it drops. It is very possible that if you drop it hard enough to damage its hard drive that you may cause other damage.
Can downloading Skype damage your hard-drive?
No
Can airport security machines damage a travel drive?
Hard drives are really good protected, you can damage if you are shaking a hard drive extrimely hard. The travel hard drive series made using special technologies and it's not that easy to damage them. It's unlikey that your hard drive was damaged by airport security machines. You could break if you have dropped it.
What are the features of logical and physical memory?
physical memory is the actual sticks of memory that you put inside your computer. it is generally faster than logical memory. logical memory is similar to physical memory except imagine all the data on the memory chips on a file in your hard drive. it is usually much slower than physical memory, and it can even damage your hard drive if used in excess. (read/write times increase so the hard drive disk heads have to move faster/more often which puts more wear and tear on the hard drive)
How do you damage hard disk drive?
You nuke it. XD
What should you do to a failed hard drive that was used in the Accounting Department before you put the drive in the trash?
You should do physical damage to the device so it is not possible for sensitive data to be stolen. The IT people at your company should have oversight to make sure this is done properly. I would first put the drive through every possible high powered permanent delete process to guarantee that not even scraps of data can be read.
Will defragmenting your hard drive damage your Sims 2 files?
No.
What is a hardware device?
A disk hardware device refers to a physical hard drive. A physical hard drive is used to store information and often the operating system in your computer.
What is a disk hardware device?
A disk hardware device refers to a physical hard drive. A physical hard drive is used to store information and often the operating system in your computer.
How do you clear the hard drive?
If you are going to reinstall the OS, simply Reformat the hard drive. If however you are going to dispose of the hard drive, then drill 3 holes in the hard drive to permanently destroy it. If you are going to sell the hard drive there are programs you can download that will completely erase the hard drive. At least they claim to. If it were my hard drive and I had sensitive data on it, I would not sell it under any circumstances. There are ways to get data off any hard drive unless it has been destroyed.
On which physical part of a hard drive is the data stored?
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