Post Hard disk transfer rates

[shanX]

There's a lightweight (623kb), standalone and freeware app named HDTune, download it here. You can find your hd's transfer rate, access times and more tech info thru this app. And it has an option to run a test to find ur hd's transfer rate and save a screen shot of it in PNG format. Post ur hd's screenshot along with details of ur hd

Mine....

Hitachi HDT722516DLA380 (SATA, 160 GB, 7200rpm, 8mb cache, NCQ enabled)

Tried to test my IDE Seagate 40gb hd, cudnt run it, throws an error!

 

[shanX]

And is 39 Celcius is a bad temperature for a hard disk??

 

[Anusha]

And is 39 Celcius is a bad temperature for a hard disk??

Nope.

 

[Anusha]

Something's wrong with the CPU utilization and the burst rate
Could be Vista's doings...

 

[Anusha]

shanX, are you running your hard disk in native SATA mode (AHCI mode) or PATA emulated mode?

 

[shanX]

How to know??

On the second tab of HD tune it says SATA 1

 

[Anusha]

How to know??

On the second tab of HD tune it says SATA 1

It's in the BIOS. Did Windows XP ask for HDD drivers when installing it? If not, then your drive is in emulated mode. AFAIK, in emulated mode, NCQ doesn't work! NCQ is a feature of SATA. SATA is not just a newer interface. It has some more specs. Anyways, this program showed mine running in ATA-512 mode!!! WTF is that?

 

[shanX]

OMG, 50 celcius, I think u need a fan urgently

 

[shanX]

Anyways, this program showed mine running in ATA-512 mode!!! WTF is that?

Coz its not Vista compatible !

btw NCQ is ticked on the 2nd tab of HD tune.

 

[dpg]

Hitachi (PATA, 80GB, 7.2K, 2MB cache) - In DMA Mode 5 (ATA-100)
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[Anusha]

OMG, 50 celcius, I think u need a fan urgently

I'm not sure whether it's showing the correct values there. For one thing, my Maxtor is cooler than the Samsung when I touch it. It's significantly cooler. For the second thing, I have felt some drives run about 10 degrees hotter than mine. For the third thing, check this out: http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=2454&p=13

Coz its not Vista compatible !

btw NCQ is ticked on the 2nd tab of HD tune.

Even though the hard drive itself supports NCQ, it must not be functioning.

This is quoted from an email sent to some guy from Maxtor:

Dear Reed Wilson

You are correct and the Native Command Queuing is only a Serial ATA feature. I am sorry for the confusion. If you have any additional questions, please let me know.

Thank you,
TSKeith89

 

[Anusha]

Hitachi (PATA, 80GB, 7.2K, 2MB cache) - In DMA Mode 5 (ATA-100)
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I wonder how you got such a small CPU utilization in Vista.

 

[tckrockz]

heres mine

 

[Anusha]

UltraDMA 7

I also tested it with HDTach. This is more like it Check out that burst rate!!!

 

[shanX]

I thought 40 is a bad temp

 

[Anusha]

I thought 40 is a bad temp

 

[shanX]

heres mine

We hav same HD models

 

[Anusha]

We hav same HD models

But the results are significantly different.

 

[tckrockz]

hy

We hav same HD models

hy ela ne

 

[shanX]

Btw doesnt PATA, SATA matter for transfer rates??