hard drive failure
Storage device malfunction
Hard drive failure is the malfunction or complete breakdown of a computer's primary storage device, resulting in inability to access stored data.
Failure may be gradual—clicking sounds, corrupted files, frequent crashes—or sudden and total.
The phrase often carries an undertone of catastrophe: I lost everything in a hard drive failure.
Recovery is sometimes possible but expensive.
- crashSudden violent impact
- diskFlat circular object
- corruptedMade impure or dishonest
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
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- malfunctionsbroken, defective, glitch, faulty, error
- Computer Errorserror message, crash, warning, internal error, fatal error
- data errorstypo, data loss, misspelling, duplicate entries, typos
hard drive failuredata preservation
Maintaining information for future access
data recovery · data integrity · data backup · data protection · safe storage
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