What causes data corruption and loss?
A. The largest factor to data loss is a hardware or system failure that is followed by human mistake, explaining almost 70% of all occurrences. For e.g., a magnetic tape cartridge jams in a device, and then the operator exacerbates the problem by roughly yanking the cartridge out of the machine, causing even more damage. To round off the list, computer viruses and software corruption, natural disasters as well as fire and water damage.
