head crash

• Terme technique désignant une panne catastrophique de disque dur où la tête de lecture/écriture entre en contact physique avec le plateau en rotation, entraînant une perte de données et l'endommagement de la surface du disque.

A technical term referring to a catastrophic failure of a hard disk drive where the read/write head makes physical contact with the spinning platter, causing data loss and damage to the disk surface.

1. Hard disk failureC1formal

   A catastrophic failure of a hard disk drive where the read/write head makes physical contact with the spinning platter, causing data loss and damage.

   Collision de tête

   • The server experienced a head crash, resulting in the loss of critical data.
   • A sudden power surge caused a head crash in the old hard drive.
   • The technician diagnosed the clicking noise as a head crash.