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Question: what is the difference between a system crash and a media failure?

May 05, 2008 07:13:40	#4
dbashashi	Member Since: July 2006 Total Comments: 3
RE: what is the difference between a system crash and a media failure?
In simple terminology, combination of S/w(Operating system et all) and hardware(Disk Drives) on which these S/W(OS) are loaded, are vital for smooth runing of system. Failure of any of these tools make a system to crash. now if any software(OS) fails it is called System failure or System Crash, and if hardware (Hard Disk) fails it is called media failure.