Head crash
Read-write head of a hard disk making contact with the platter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about hard drive failure. For the German-American band under the same name, see HeadCrash (band). For the cyberpunk novel, see Headcrash.
A head crash is a hard-disk failure that occurs when a read–write head of a hard disk drive makes contact with its rotating platter, slashing its surface and permanently damaging its magnetic media. It is most often caused by a sudden severe motion of the disk, for example the jolt caused by dropping a laptop to the ground while it is operating or physically shocking a computer.
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