So my computer broke last Thursday and all the open programs at the time froze so I shut down the computer by holding down the power button, and when I turned it back on it would freeze at the logon screen and would not login. We ran a test and it said it was a hardrive failure, and idk what caused it. This happened last June to me but an older model of my laptop. Does anyone know common causes to this so I can prevent it from happening again?
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So my computer broke last Thursday and all the open programs at the time froze so I shut down the computer by holding down the power button, and when I turned it back on it would freeze at the logon screen and would not login. We ran a test and it said it was a hardrive failure, and idk what caused it. This happened last June to me but an older model of my laptop. Does anyone know common causes to this so I can prevent it from happening again?
A common cause of harddrive failure (for spinning drives) is induced by sudden power loss (aka holding down the power button). Occasionally this can cause the hard drive heads to suddenly drop and slam into the platters and ruin the drive.
A common cause of harddrive failure (for spinning drives) is induced by sudden power loss (aka holding down the power button). Occasionally this can cause the hard drive heads to suddenly drop and slam into the platters and ruin the drive.
Laptop hard drives are far more prone to mechanical failure than desktop grade ones, simply because they're smaller (and therefor more fragile) and they tend to get bumped around quite a bit, being in a laptop and all.
Unless you did something drastic to it, there's not really much you can do. SSDs are perfect for laptops for this very reason, since there's no risk of mechanical failure.
How old was the laptop? How often did you use it?
Laptop hard drives are far more prone to mechanical failure than desktop grade ones, simply because they're smaller (and therefor more fragile) and they tend to get bumped around quite a bit, being in a laptop and all.
Unless you did something drastic to it, there's not really much you can do. SSDs are perfect for laptops for this very reason, since there's no risk of mechanical failure.
How old was the laptop? How often did you use it?
Unless you did something drastic to it, there's not really much you can do. SSDs are perfect for laptops for this very reason, since there's no risk of mechanical failure.
How old was the laptop? How often did you use it?
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