Hello,

I have a question pertaining to improper shutdown of a pc
running NT 4.0. I understand that improper shutdown can
corrupt an OS, but can it also damage the physical
hardrive?

Thanks,
Mike

mlr2010 wrote:

Theoretically yes, i think; especially if the HD is active and you
unplug the power cord or something like that. But that would be
independend of the OS.

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If you have a power spike or your machine is turned off by the power, then
yes, it can do both if the HDD is writing at the time. Improper shutdown can
also corrupt system files and registry settings.
Most OS's these days combat this quite well - ie by running scandisk before
system startup etc, to check for damages and possibly correct them.

The most common form of HDD failure is power spikes or turning off a machine
whilst the heads are still writing.

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