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The hard disk actuator moves the heads so that they can read different tracks. There are two different types of actuators: stepper motors and voice coils. Most modern mechanical hard drives use voice coils. SSD drives make even this obsolete.

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The actuator in a hard drive is a device that moves the read/write arms.

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