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

Tine:

I just found this one yesterday, but it looks like maybe a sub-set of yours.
I had a svchost process taking 50% of the CPU cycles and came across this
trying to google what was going wrong.

It's a bit too technical for me but maybe somebody will like it.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
 


Rocky Smolin
Beach Access Software
858-259-4334
www.e-z-mrp.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris
Fields
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 4:30 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Determine the hard drive type without opening the
box

Bill,

The site is www.gtopala.com.  You have an extra "r" in there.

Tina

Bill Patten wrote:
> Arthur,
>
> Download a free program called SIW from www.gtropala.com or Google 
> SIW. Run the program and then on the left tree click on Hardware/storage
devices.
> Then highlight the hard drive on the top of the right hand window and 
> you will find more information about the hard drive than you can ever 
> want to know in the lower pane.
>
> You will then find that SIW will give you all kinds of data about your 
> computer including some passwords, license codes and on and on.
>
> If you are using Vista you will get can't load a dll but most things 
> work anyway if you keep on going.
>
>
> HTH
>
> Bill
>
>
> ----- 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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