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csharpplus
October 10th, 2010, 10:12 PM
How can I tell what is the speed (RPM) of my hard drive? (5400 / 7200 etc)
JustinR
October 10th, 2010, 10:14 PM
How can I tell what is the speed (RPM) of my hard drive? (5400 / 7200 etc)

Its probably easiest just to look at the HDD itself - the sticker on it should tell you everything you would need to know.
csharpplus
October 10th, 2010, 10:19 PM
thanks, but I have a laptop and taking out the HDD is a pain. is there a way to know this by running some shell command?
JustinR
October 10th, 2010, 10:20 PM
thanks, but I have a laptop and taking out the HDD is a pain. is there a way to know this by running some shell command?

Not that I know of - maybe someone else can help.
PresenceofMind
October 10th, 2010, 10:22 PM
What make is this laptop?
sikander3786
October 10th, 2010, 10:36 PM
I don't think if Linux has got a command like that.

You can use


lshw -C disk

to find the model no. and then Google it. You may find the HDD specs that way, not directly.
csharpplus
October 10th, 2010, 11:20 PM
perfect -- thank you!