HDD CACHE QUERY

[TARIK26Z]

I recently brought an WD 80Gig HDD with an 8meg cache on ebay but I'm worried that it may not be the 8meg cache version. Is there anyway I can find out the complete specs of my HDD cause I have sandra sis but when I look on the diag the is no info on the amount of cahe I have. so if anybody can reccomed any software,website,physcic,anything that would help me would be GREATLY appreciated

 

[alltaken]

i'm not sure about this becasue i don't have one.

but i would have thought the best way to find out is by looking on the HDD itself at the label on it.

it may list a serial number that you can go and check against the records at the website. (seagate can return information about a drive just from the serial number that it reads through the internet)

anyway i would have thought that would be the best way to find out. NO SOFTWARE REQUIRED.


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[elzt]

Yes, just look for the model number which should be shown on the label. If the model no. ends with "JB", eg. WD800JB, then it's an 8MB cache HDD.

 

[dhlucke]

Under device manager you'll see the model number as JB. That's not to say that they're packaging 2MB cache drives as JB drives, but I would think someone would have said something by now. These drives have been out for a while.

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