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What causes hard disk to crash?

Updated: 10/3/2023
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My hard disks crashed three times & there are few reasons responsible for Hard Disk crash.

1. If You are not using UPS & there is power failure.

2. Use of IDE or SATA hard Disk as portable device, because you may mishandle it also.

3. Lose power connection which sometimes leads to sparking.

4. If the hard disk experiences excessive shocks during mishandling, etc.

5. Other reasons are, Kernel virus & use of wrong operating system.

6. If the motor in the hard disk is having some problem. The motors that cause the hard disk to spin may fail to work, or the belts may break.

7. Due to age or excessive use. Hard drives are driven by mechanical parts, and all parts will wear with age.

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because its not emnt for that certain computer.

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A piece of dirt or a flaking of the magnetic coating. Also if for some reason the read/write head comes into contact with the platter surface.

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Age, heat, impact. Most fail at startup.

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A virus.

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