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    hard drive help

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by otaku, Feb 16, 2006.

  1. otaku

    otaku Notebook Deity

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    How do I tell if I have a 7200rpm drive?

    Also I used HDTUne to benchmark my machine but don't know how to tell if my HD did well or not:

    Minimum: 5.5mb sec
    maximum: 28.9mb sec
    average: 24.5mb sec

    CPU usage: 6.3%
    Burst: 45.0
    access time: 20.3 seconds

    (It seems I did better than the new HP reviewed on the site, my machine is rather old)

    Also HD tune said my machine was healthy and had no errors but ran hot. it ranges from 60-67 celsius (up to 151 f) is this bad?
     
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  2. qwester

    qwester Notebook Virtuoso

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    What is the model number u see in HD TUNE.

    Those numbers look like a 4200 or 5400 RPM
     
    qwester, Feb 16, 2006
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  3. otaku

    otaku Notebook Deity

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    Well my dad ordered this a few years ago and it was top of the line for notebooks back then-which I though was 7200RPM
    Its a hitachi DK23fb

    Before that I had an IBM cascade v2 but it died.
     
    otaku, Feb 16, 2006
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    r1ckchard Notebook Guru

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    Those are 5400RPM hard drives.
     
    r1ckchard, Feb 16, 2006
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    Jake Notebook Enthusiast

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    There are lots of utilities that will tell you about your hard drive. I like Everest. They used to have a free version for a non-networked PC, but it was discontinued. You can still get it from MajorGeeks at the link below. Just look under storage ==> ATA after you get it installed.

    http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

    Jake
     
    Jake, Feb 16, 2006
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