How can you tell if a hard drive is 7200 or 5400 rpm?

[Cybordolphin]

Have several drives..... and wondered if there is a way to tell from looking at the drive... or if I need to go to the manufacturer website and look up the drive #'s.

Thanks.

 

[EvilDonnyboy]

yea, u pretty much have to look up the #. I dont know of any manufacturers that state spindle speeds on the drive.

 

[road]

Look up the serial numbers on the manufacturer's website. I'm also pretty sure there's a synthetic test proggie out there which will tell you the rotational speed.

Peace..