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Date:      Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:07:29 -0400
From:      Rob <r17fbsd@xxiii.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Hard drive RPM
Message-ID:  <46F1C7D1.1000804@xxiii.com>
In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20070919194836.02689a78@mail.computinginnovations.com>
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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




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