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How do I prevent a crash?
Hi,
I just lost 300 Megs of data (mostly downloaded programs) when a computer in the office crashed. I had stored it in the hard drive and was planning to put them on a CD.
Apart from being distraught, I'm very worried about the possibility (however remote)that my home computer might someday crash. I have very important thesis-related files in it. What should I do to safeguard myself? I'd appreciate some suggestions/advice.
Thanks,
Priyo
I just lost 300 Megs of data (mostly downloaded programs) when a computer in the office crashed. I had stored it in the hard drive and was planning to put them on a CD.
Apart from being distraught, I'm very worried about the possibility (however remote)that my home computer might someday crash. I have very important thesis-related files in it. What should I do to safeguard myself? I'd appreciate some suggestions/advice.
Thanks,
Priyo
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a number of thing could cause hard disk crash from a failed drive head to software crashes
The not common is when your system crashes and does not write data to your HD. This is why when you want to shut off most O/S will say "pls wait while i write something on your hard disk". if a system crashes, and page data is on your hd, you may fine cross link files...........
The not common is when your system crashes and does not write data to your HD. This is why when you want to shut off most O/S will say "pls wait while i write something on your hard disk". if a system crashes, and page data is on your hd, you may fine cross link files...........
a number of thing could cause hard disk crash from a failed drive head to software crashes
The most common is when your system crashes and does not write data to your HD. This is why when you want to shut off most O/S will say "pls wait while i write something on your hard disk". if a system crashes, and page data is on your hd, you may fine cross link files...........
The most common is when your system crashes and does not write data to your HD. This is why when you want to shut off most O/S will say "pls wait while i write something on your hard disk". if a system crashes, and page data is on your hd, you may fine cross link files...........
There's not much you can do to prevent a hard disk failure. If a disk is going to die, it's going to die. The quality of modern HDDs is improving all the time, head crashes are now fairly rare, but they do still happen occasionally.
I recommend you go with niges suggestions about backing up your data. This is a habit that is reguarly followed in workplaces, but very few home users bother with it. There's no need to backup the entire hard disk, just the data that you can't replace.
I recommend you go with niges suggestions about backing up your data. This is a habit that is reguarly followed in workplaces, but very few home users bother with it. There's no need to backup the entire hard disk, just the data that you can't replace.
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Actually, I have Virushield, Norton Crashguard Deluxe as well as a Zip drive. Of course, I have yet to back-up my files. Norton's Crashguard prevents crashes of applications. What causes a hard drive failure and what can one do to prevent it?