Unfortunately my drive doesn't use voice coil for the head. As far as I can tell the platters look clean on my drive. I opened it up briefly this morning and did not see any scratches/marks. Sorta odd how this drive just up and quit. The guy who gave it to me said it worked before he pulled it out of the SE/30. So it was only sitting in storage for 10 years or so. So what ever can happen to a drive while it's not on is what killed it. I think that narrows out head crash. That can't happen if the drive isn't spinning.