Excessive shock like dropping it on the hard surface may cause the platters to dislocate hence reading may be a problem
Contact with strong magnetic ?elds or static electricity may affect the device since data is saved magnetically.
If the case containing the platters is opened, dust may get into it causing disk crash,
Some viruses may create virtual tasks which will eventual cause the disk to be overwork hence causing it to crash
Sporadic power failure may cause the disk to crash.
lemass answered the question on January 20, 2019 at 19:35
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