Hd Rpm

jp198780

jp198780

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in Everest it doesnt tell me the RPM of my HD, in my Gateway laptop, it does in all my other pc's though, is there something else that will tell me the speed?
 
Programs usally don't tell you that. You'll probably just have to search for the model of the HD. If it's the one in your sig, I'd guess something around a 4200RPM.
 
If any drive doesn't maintain the listed speed within a certain percentage of it's ideal(if 4200 4201-4199 or an even smaller if not larger tolerance) the drive would soon fail. Drives are designed to run at one predetermined speed. Benchmark and other diagnostic utilities will be directed to look at data access to drives as far as read/write times rather then the actual spindle speed of the installed drive while stating the rated speed when iding the make and model. You would need a diagnostic hardware setup to examine what your installed is currently running at. Computer lab, etc.
 
you can use everest ultimate edition trial as it tells you the RPM. Also, quick question, i have a 4200 rpm drive and was told it couldent go to 7200 rpm, just 5400, is this true? hp ze5300

Field Value
ATA Device Properties
Model ID HITACHI_DK23EA-60
Serial Number AT1533
Revision 00K2A0A2
Device Type ATA-100
Parameters 116280 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors per track, 512 bytes per sector
LBA Sectors 117210240
Buffer 2 MB (Dual Ported, Read Ahead)
Multiple Sectors 16
ECC Bytes 4
Max. PIO Transfer Mode PIO 4
Max. UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 5 (ATA-100)
Active UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 5 (ATA-100)
Unformatted Capacity 57232 MB

ATA Device Features
SMART Supported
Security Mode Supported
Power Management Supported
Advanced Power Management Supported
Write Cache Supported
Host Protected Area Supported
Power-Up In Standby Not Supported
Automatic Acoustic Management Not Supported
48-bit LBA Not Supported
Device Configuration Overlay Supported
Native Command Queuing Not Supported

ATA Device Physical Info
Manufacturer Hitachi
Hard Disk Family DK23EA
Form Factor 2.5"
Formatted Capacity 60 GB
Disks 2
Recording Surfaces 4
Physical Dimensions 100 x 70 x 9.5 mm
Max. Weight 95 g
Average Rotational Latency 7.1 ms
Rotational Speed 4200 RPM
Max. Internal Data Rate 342.4 Mbit/s
Average Seek 13 ms
Track-To-Track Seek 3 ms
Full Seek 24 ms
Interface Ultra-ATA/100
Buffer-to-Host Data Rate 100 MB/s
Buffer Size 2 MB

ATA Device Manufacturer
Company Name Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Product Information http://www.hgst.com/products
 
Hard drives themselves are set to one speed by design. This is why you will hear the term backward compatible to ATA100, 66, 33 if intended for ATA133 due to those being slower not faster speeds. A newer model 7,200rpm drive is more or less ATA133, 100 ready with backward compatability to allow for use on older systems. With Raptor you can see 10,000rpm but with Serial ATA not the standard eide controller. But that is a type of drive designed for that operating at the higher speed seen there. Cd and dvd writers or tape drives are usually the ones found with variable speeds due to having faster read times with slower write speeds seen depending on the media used. Double spacing a hard drive(slows the heck out of it) was used to double the amount of hard drive space available by cutting the speed in half. Forget about running any good programs there.
 
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