While most reliability problems with hard disks are due to troubles with hardware,
there are some reliability concerns that are actually related more to software, or to how
the hard disk is used. Software can't "break" hardware, so perhaps this is a
more "loose" definition of reliability--I'm certainly not suggesting that the
software you use can cause your hard disk to fail. However, the way you use your system can
cause you to lose data or to experience system instability, and these are what most people
are trying to avoid by obtaining highly reliable hard disks in the first place. Your use
of the system can also sometimes create situations where it appears that there is a hard
disk reliability problem but there in fact is not.
To avoid problems with your hard disks and data, you need to take care of them.
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