Figure 7-1 A ____ occurs when a read/write head touches the surface of a hard disk platter, such as that shown in Figure 7-1, usually resulting in a loss of data and sometimes loss of the entire drive.
A) disk crash
B) head crash
C) drive crash
D) data crash

Question

Figure 7-1 A ____ occurs when a read/write head touches the surface of a hard disk platter, such as that shown in Figure 7-1, usually resulting in a loss of data and sometimes loss of the entire drive.
A) disk crash 
B) head crash 
C) drive crash 
D) data crash

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

A head crash occurs when the read/write head of a hard disk touches the surface of the platter which usually results in a loss of data and sometimes loss of the entire drive.

Figure 7-1 a ____ Occurs When a Read/write Head Touches