Hard Disk RPM And Drive letters!
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exon




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PostPosted: Sat, 19th Jun 2004 01:57    Post subject: Hard Disk RPM And Drive letters!
Ok, I have a 7200 RPM 8 MB cache WD 120 GB hard disk. I ran out of space and I plugged my old WD 30 GB hard disk. I want to know two things:

1) The 30GB hard disk's (WDC WD307AA-00BAA0) RPM speed.
2) How can I change the drive letters cause it used to be C=HD D=DVD-ROM E=CDRW, Now it's C=HD1 D=DVD-ROM E=HD2 F=CDRW. I want C and D to be the hard drives and E and F to be the DVD/CDRW ROMs.

Thanks in advance.
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Hitman02
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PostPosted: Sat, 19th Jun 2004 04:02    Post subject:
well hard to say from the #, but take a look doesnt it say on the label. also if u bought it 2 or 3 years ago it is 7200 but if it is old it may be 5000
2) right click ont eh drve and go to properties and name it
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exon




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PostPosted: Sat, 19th Jun 2004 04:07    Post subject:
Hitman02 wrote:
well hard to say from the #, but take a look doesnt it say on the label. also if u bought it 2 or 3 years ago it is 7200 but if it is old it may be 5000
2) right click ont eh drve and go to properties and name it


I don't want to change the drive's name i want to change the letter i.e from D to E.
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exon




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PostPosted: Sat, 19th Jun 2004 04:41    Post subject:
Ok i've managed to change the drive letter from control panel. Now all i want to know is this HD's RPM
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whoKnows
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PostPosted: Sat, 19th Jun 2004 09:13    Post subject:
I have the same HD and it has 5400 RPM
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DeepRed




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PostPosted: Sat, 19th Jun 2004 12:29    Post subject:
answer 1.
Use Google:

http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=825&p_created=1037384367&p_sid=U*j6kheh&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD0xJnBfY2F0X2x2bDE9MTg1JnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9V0QzMDdBQQ**&p_li=

answer 2.
Changing drive letter in win xp:

start - control panel - system management(systeembeheer in dutch) - computer management (computerbeheer in dutch) - disk management...you'll see all detected devices in there and are able to change drive letters. (right-click properties).
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PostPosted: Sat, 19th Jun 2004 13:45    Post subject:
It would be a 7200RPM drive. You can tell because it has 8MB Cache. No WD HD has 8MB Cache and runs lower then 7200RPM.

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=27
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whoKnows
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PostPosted: Sat, 19th Jun 2004 17:14    Post subject:
The WDC WD307AA has not 8MB cache and it has only 5400RPM
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Steve-O 2004




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PostPosted: Sat, 19th Jun 2004 22:49    Post subject:
Does it realy matter??? Very Happy


George W Bush -

'...more and more of our imports are coming from overseas.'
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whoKnows
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PostPosted: Sat, 19th Jun 2004 22:56    Post subject:
nah, of course not Wink
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exon




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PostPosted: Sun, 20th Jun 2004 04:12    Post subject:
So is it 5400 or 7200?
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