Definition: Physical Damage


Damage to the physical unit. For a hard drive this may be damage to the electronics, the mechanics or the media itself.




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Port

A connection or socket on the motherboard or controller card. A motherboard may have one or two ports (primary and secondary). If your motherboard has only one port, you may need to add a controller card to create a secondary port.

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