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Date:      Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:23:58 -0700
From:      jekillen <jekillen@prodigy.net>
To:        Rob <r17fbsd@xxiii.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Hard drive RPM
Message-ID:  <176fd4fb189c8945992f91a24bb745b5@prodigy.net>
In-Reply-To: <46F1C7D1.1000804@xxiii.com>
References:  <7f28909c2f575ccd98796e2af18d4e05@prodigy.net> <6.0.0.22.2.20070919194836.02689a78@mail.computinginnovations.com> <46F1C7D1.1000804@xxiii.com>

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On Sep 19, 2007, at 6:07 PM, Rob wrote:

> Derek Ragona wrote:
>> Run the manufacturer's diagnostic utility to check the drives speed 
>> and performance.  Most of these utilities also give you the drive 
>> model and serial number as well.  Look for a self-booting version 
>> that is a cd-rom ISO, these usually run FreeDOS to easily access the 
>> hardware from a cd-rom boot image.
>
> I'd suggest the "Ultimate Boot CD" here:  
> http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
> It's a bootable ISO image with all the major disk mfgr's diags and 
> other good stuff, ready to go.
>
>   -RW
>
Thanks for both these responses.
JK




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