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Old 10-07-2006, 03:37 PM
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I've found that in many cases it's simply the platters that have stopped rotating, often removing the HDD and giving it a quick twist; the intertia of the platters together with the case rotating rapidly will free up the platters enough to allow it to start when reinstalled. In extreme cases I've taken the cover off and manually rotated the platters to free them.
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