Digital Bits Technology Column QnA

Question:

HOW CAN A BAD IDE CABLE CAUSE A BOOT DISK FAILURE ???

Answer:

The cable is the conduit for all your data, and needs to be functioning perfectly. Think of it as a high-tech game of “telephone”: What goes in one end of the cable MUST come out the other end. If you have a damaged cable (caused by physical abuse or age), information isn’t transmitted correctly. Even if it works 99.9% of the time, you’re still going to have significant problems. Computers are picky!

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