Hard Drive Failure - 3 Most Common Causes Of A Hard Drive Crash

When your hard drive crashes it can spell doom and gloom with the possibility of losing all your data

. Although hard drive have become more robust, its still a delicate piece of equipment and something as insignificant as a bump can cause your hard disk to stop working. No hard drive can be guaranteed and your data is always at risk. For this very reason it really important that you always create backups at consistent intervals to help minimize the potential loss.

So, why would your expensive (and sophisticated) drives just crash and stop working? Here are 3 very common causes and you need to take great care against them.

1. Dust

Dust is probably a hard dive's biggest enemy and with a lot of minute moving parts inside the hard drive, even the smallest speck of dust can cause serious problems. Dust is virtually everywhere and if you are in a very dusty environment then its good practice to cover your computer when its not in use.

2. Shock

Hard disks are not shock resistant. Dropping your computer can cause the hard disk to stop working. The components that read the data from your hard drive is incredibly sensitive and a hard knock can cause this to malfunction. Although many new laptops have impact resistance, its the laptop itself that is resistant and the hard drive itself is still subject to damage.

3. Electronic Equipment

One of the biggest enemies to any drive is magnetism. A strong magnetic field can really mess up your hard disk and if you work in environments with high magnetic fields then you need to be very careful. As we know from 2nd grade science, every electric current has a magnetic field and environments with electronic equipment automatically produce strong magnetic fields that can be detrimental to your data.

by: John Burrow

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