How To Check Disk Speed in Linux From Terminal You can check Linux disk (HDD or SSD) I/O performance with hdparm command. hdparm -Tt /dev/sda will measure show buffered and cached disk read speed. sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sda Example output:… Continue Reading
How To Fix Hard Drive Stuck In PIO Mode Windows XP (HDD speed is extremely slow) Hold down the Windows key on your keyboard and press the letter R to open the Run command In the Run command type the… Continue Reading
How To check HDD’s SMART Status? For IDE HDD’s: smartctl –all /dev/hda For SCSI HDD’s: smartctl –all /dev/sda For SATA HDD’s: smartctl –all -d ata /dev/sda