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I want to know about my harddrive

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2002 9:55 am
by Minerva
Where can I find information about my harddrive, such as rpm?

I have just bought new 60GB drive to replace my very old 6GB. If the new one is the same speed as my primary drive (20GB), I just use this new one as the secondary; while if it's faster, though, I need to do a major operation. To make matters worse, I am dual booting Win98 SE and XP (Japanese).

Anyway, to begin with, I want to know the speed of the 20GB primary drive. I use Windows 98 SE as main OS.

Thanks in advance.

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2002 10:03 am
by KidD01
Well usually it's written on the label at the HDD. If you can't find any clue you can always check on HDD factory site. ;)

BTW could you give more detail on the HDD i.e. HDD brand / factory, type (not the production serial number) ?

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2002 10:16 am
by Minerva
@KidD01: That's exactly what I want to know. I can tell you of the new one (it's on my desk :D ), but I want to know that without opening the case. Is there anyway other than opening the case to know about my drive? :confused:

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2002 10:25 am
by KidD01
You can try using Norton utilities - System Information if you have Norton Utility installed or Sysoft Sandra. Either both prog can detect and give detail info on the HDD specs :)

BTW the Windows System Info are useless ;)

<EDIT> Sorry for the lame reply *bangs his head on keyboard* I'm cleaning Spam ut of my Yahoo mail while replying that :o

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2002 11:14 am
by Minerva
Never mind

Well, while I agree with you on Windows System info, I could only find nothing better in Norton Utilities. Oh, well, I will open the case, then... :rolleyes:

Actually, I am leaning towards just replacing the second drive regardless. Plain and simple...

NOT!

I don't want to re-install the XP, because of the damn registration. It's silly to let me phone up to MS office in Tokyo from here. :mad:

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2002 11:20 am
by Kameleon
If you want to know just about anything about your computer, go to http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/ and download Sandra. It's a great little utility. :)