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  1. September 25th, 2008, 05:42 AM #1
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    Testing of Hard Drive Speed etc

    I have just installed a new hard drive and tested the performance on the free PcPitstop Web Site. attached is a part screen shot of the results.(results.jpg)
    Whilst the performance figures appear to be quite good for my new drive,I am having doubts as to their veracity.

    You see I have no Drive I in my computer.


    Is there a way of verifying performance??
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  2. September 25th, 2008, 08:20 AM #2
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    I take what PC Pitstop says with a huge grain of salt.

    And I mean huge!
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  3. September 25th, 2008, 08:27 AM #3
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    HD Tach is a good hard drive benchmark (the free version does read testing, the registered version adds write support). I'm not sure if it supports Vista yet though.
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    Folks have reported that HD Tach has worked in compatibility mode with Vista 32-bit ...not sure if it works in compatibility mode with 64-bit (but it should).
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    Hokay...for those readers who care to know...I just tested it and HD Tach does run in Vista 64-bit, but in compatibility (XP) mode only.

    We now return you to the regularly scheduled program...
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  7. September 25th, 2008, 09:01 PM #6
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    Thanks Train, Tuttle and Bistro.
    As salt is not recommended for my Blood Pressure I must refrain from using the doubtful program and try HD Tach before returning to the regularly scheduled program.
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