[dba-Tech] Determine the hard drive type without opening the box

Neither HDTune nor SIW will always properly identify the drive. 
Particularly in RAID configurations, where a SATA drive may be reported as 
IDE.

Don B.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Patten" <bill_patten at embarqmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" 
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Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Determine the hard drive type without opening the 
box


> Arthur,
>
> Just a quick update on SIW, I just upgraded to the latest version and I no
> longer get the DLL error in Vista...
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Arthur Fuller" <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues"
> <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:41 AM
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Determine the hard drive type without opening the box
>
>
> A while back I started a thread about determining the CPU type without
> opening the box, and received several good answers. Now I'm wondering
> whether I can determine the type of hard drive(s) installed -- maker, 
> size,
> rpm, IDE or SCSI or SATA, etc.
>
> Anyone know?
>
> TIA,
> Arthur
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