hard drive specs program

[Tester]

Hi there,
Is there any windows program to give me the hard drive specs, in good
old days would be cylinders, heads, sectors and now is the LBA #?
I would need both numbers in order to attempt a partition recovery.
Thank you very much, T

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Hi there,
Is there any windows program to give me the hard drive specs, in good
old days would be cylinders, heads, sectors and now is the LBA #?
I would need both numbers in order to attempt a partition recovery.
Thank you very much, T

You should be able to take the drive model number from the label on the
drive, and from there, go to the manufacturer's site and download the data
sheet. It will have all this information. Often a simple Google search on
the model number takes you directly to the data sheet.

HTH
-pk

 

[Tester]

You should be able to take the drive model number from the label on the
drive, and from there, go to the manufacturer's site and download the data
sheet.  It will have all this information.   Often a simple Google search on
the model number takes you directly to the data sheet.

HTH
-pk

Hi Patrick,
I went to western digital site but they only provide sectors per drive
and bytes per sector, not the CHS info I need for data recovery.
Thanks.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

You should be able to take the drive model number from the label on the
drive, and from there, go to the manufacturer's site and download the data
sheet. It will have all this information. Often a simple Google search on
the model number takes you directly to the data sheet.

HTH
-pk

Hi Patrick,
I went to western digital site but they only provide sectors per drive
and bytes per sector, not the CHS info I need for data recovery.
Thanks.
=============
What is the drive model? And have you tried other recovery software that
can figure this out itself?

-pk

 

[Patrick Keenan]

You should be able to take the drive model number from the label on the
drive, and from there, go to the manufacturer's site and download the data
sheet. It will have all this information. Often a simple Google search on
the model number takes you directly to the data sheet.

HTH
-pk

Hi Patrick,
I went to western digital site but they only provide sectors per drive
and bytes per sector, not the CHS info I need for data recovery.
Thanks.
=====
Also, try googling the drive model number and the word "heads". This can
lead you to alternate sites that include these configuration details.

HTH
-pk

 

[Bob I]

Hi Patrick,
I went to western digital site but they only provide sectors per drive
and bytes per sector, not the CHS info I need for data recovery.
Thanks.

The note in the drive info at WD says

All EIDE drives 8.4 GB and larger use 16383 cylinders, 16 heads and 63
SPT due to interface restrictions.


There is also 512 Bytes Per sector mentioned.

 

[PosterInNews]

Here are some free tools to give you info on your hard drives etc but
you may still have to go to manufacturers site to get the detailed
specs

http://www.gtopala.com/ - SIW

http://www.pxserver.com/WinAudit.htm - WinAudit

http://www.alexnolan.net/software/sysspec.htm - Syspec

 

[PosterInNews]

Just checked out some software that I use Called AIDA32 and I believe
it displays exactly what you want. It displays SATA etc also.
Just not freeware:
Last free version is here:
http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/files/aida3942.zip

ATA Device Properties
Model ID Maxtor 6Y120P0
Serial Number Y3615QPE
Revision YAR41BW0
Parameters 238216 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors per track, 512
bytes per sector
LBA Sectors 240121728
Buffer 7936 KB (Dual Ported, Read Ahead)
Multiple Sectors 16
ECC Bytes 57
Max. PIO Transfer Mode PIO 4
Max. UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 6 (ATA-133)
Active UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 5 (ATA-100)
Unformatted Capacity 117247 MB

ATA Device Features
SMART Supported
Security Mode Supported
Power Management Supported
Advanced Power Management Supported
Write Cache Supported
Host Protected Area Supported
Power-Up In Standby Not Supported
Automatic Acoustic Management Supported
48-bit LBA Not Supported
Device Configuration Overlay Supported

ATA Device Physical Info
Manufacturer Maxtor
Hard Disk Family DiamondMax Plus 9
Form Factor 3.5"
Formatted Capacity 120 GB
Disks 2
Recording Surfaces 3
Physical Dimensions 146.1 x 101.6 x 26.1 mm
Max. Weight 630 g
Average Rotational Latency 4.17 ms
Rotational Speed 7200 RPM
Interface Ultra-ATA/133
Buffer-to-Host Data Rate 133 MB/s
Buffer Size 8 MB

ATA Device Manufacturer
Company Name Maxtor Corporation
Product Information http://www.maxtor.com/en/products/

 

[Ronaldo]

EVEREST Home is the newest version of Aida32.
http://www.lavalys.com


Other software:

ASTRA32
http://www.astra32.com

HDDScan
http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2006.01.22-HDDScan/

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi there,
Is there any windows program to give me the hard drive specs, in good
old days would be cylinders, heads, sectors and now is the LBA #?
I would need both numbers in order to attempt a partition recovery.
Thank you very much, T

You can do this:
1. Copy the code below into c:\Windows\Drive.vbs.
2. Start a Command Prompt.
3. Type this command:
cscript //nologo c:\Windows\Drive.vbs

'Code starts here
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\CIMV2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery( _
"SELECT * FROM Win32_DiskDrive",,48)
For Each objItem in colItems
Wscript.Echo "Size: " & int(objItem.Size / 1000 / 1000 / 1000) & "
GBytes"
Wscript.Echo "Partitions: " & objItem.Partitions
Wscript.Echo "Cylinders: " & objItem.TotalCylinders
Wscript.Echo "Heads: " & objItem.TotalHeads
Wscript.Echo "Sectors: " & objItem.TotalSectors
Next

 

[Tester]

Hi Everyone,
Thank you for the overwhelming response received and for teaching me
to do better internet searches!
Eventually I got the specs of the hard drive CHS from the aida32.exe
program, very good program. I was just getting confused since Bios and
also Western Digital web sites would report different settings for the
WD-5000KS 500 GB drive I have.
I was able to recover the old partitions using the NTFS Data Recovery
program, http://www.stellarinfo.com/
to an external USB drive.
T