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    hard disk speed

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by zunairryk, Apr 13, 2008.

  1. zunairryk

    zunairryk Notebook Consultant

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    i have dell xps m1330

    the question is how would i know what is the speed of the hard drive that i have on my laptop

    i ordered mine with 5400 RPM, bt i thinnk dell gave me faster one, bt im not sure
     
    zunairryk, Apr 13, 2008
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  2. kasimsiddiqui

    kasimsiddiqui Notebook Enthusiast

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    dell would not just give you a faster one, maybe our hdd is just really big and big hard drives usually have higher data density so appear to be fast
    also 5400 is not slow
     
    kasimsiddiqui, Apr 13, 2008
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  3. NAS Ghost

    NAS Ghost Notebook Deity

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    Well, if its 320GB then its definitely running at 5400rpm, however because of the data density, its equivalent to the speed of a 200 at 7200 rpm. But you could use a program called hdtune to find the model of your hd, and then google it.
     
    NAS Ghost, Apr 13, 2008
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  4. gunned

    gunned Notebook Evangelist

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    chk your service tag...although they could have made an error so that me be incorrect as well...you could scan your systen on the dell support site and it will read your config..cheers!!!!
     
    gunned, Apr 13, 2008
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  5. imar3l

    imar3l Notebook Evangelist

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    you can find by the name of of HDD...use a program like HDtune and it will tell u the name
     
    imar3l, Apr 13, 2008
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