Hard Drive Fundamentals And Verifying Disk Performance

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Published on 2010-05-27T08:44:54Z Indexed on 2010/05/27 8:52 UTC
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Over the past few months, my Windows XP machine has slowed down to a crawl. It takes about 10-15 minutes to go from power-up to reaching a responsive state. I have reasons to believe that this is a result of the hard disk slowing down. Questions:

  • Do hard disks slow down as a result of mechanical wear and tear ...or age?
  • How do I check if my disk has slowed down? Conversely, how can I verify that my disk is indeed running at the speed it's designed to run at?
  • Could drivers be at fault here? Do hard disks come with drivers or does Windows use a generic driver?

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