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Hard Drive Motor

Symptoms

• The hard drive does not make any "spinning noise."

Common Issues

• A failure of the actual hard drive motor is not very common.
• Motors may actually be one of the most robust parts of the Hard Drive.
• A failure with these symptoms is more likely to be electronics or another issue.