Hard Drive Info

[hardy]

I have no idea what my internal hard drive is because I'm using an old computer. Is there a piece of software that gives you the info on your hard drive? Stuff like 8MB buffer or 16MB buffer, and spin speed (7200).

[poisondeathray]

HDtune , everest are some apps that will give you some information

[hardy]

Thanks, I figured the old hard drive had a 8MB buffer and I was right. HDtune gives you the buffer, but it doesn't mention the spin speed.

[usta]

Try Crystaldiskinfo or Crystaldiskmark. 8)
Check them here: http://crystalmark.info

[TBoneit]

huh? Just go to the Bios and look at the model number or get the model number from the Device manager, then go online and look it up.

[redwudz]

Another program is SIW. Gives you an incredible amount of info about a PC, including the drives. And there's a freeware version : http://www.gtopala.com/

[hardy]

Does it give you the info for external drives? I tried HDtune on my external drive and got nothing.

[redwudz]

SIW works on my external 500GB Fantom USB HDD. Gives a whole page of info. If you use the 'SIW Standalone (English-Only)' version , nothing is installed to your computer: http://www.gtopala.com/siw-download.html

[hardy]

Ok, it seems like a great program. Thank you!