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To: Don Green who wrote (97146)	6/27/2017 10:49:15 PM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110626

These are the Western Digital part numbers for the two drives. The 8TB runs hotter than the 6TB. WDBBGB0080HBK -- WD 8TB My Book Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive bhphotovideo.com WDBBGB0060HBK -- WD 6TB My Book Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive bhphotovideo.com Josh * * *

To: Don Green who wrote (97146)	6/27/2017 10:55:55 PM
From: SI Ron (Crazy Music Man)	1 Recommendation Recommended By goldworldnet Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110626

How do you find out how many platters? Besides opening it up?

To: Don Green who wrote (97146)

7/5/2017 12:30:17 PM

From: Don Green

Respond to of 110626

Everest Test / Benchmarking software

I haven't used this utility in awhile and see it has been discontinued and now is called AIDA64

lavalys.com

I often used Everest to created an extremely detailed breakdown on my computers.

I recommend downloading the trial version maybe once a year and let it detail your machine and save the file for future reference.

I tried it and found it even provided the hard drive platter information I was asking about to the manufacturer who wouldn't provide it.

Here is one of my external drives I tested for reference:

Disk Device Physical Info:
	Manufacturer	Seagate
	Hard Disk Name	Barracuda 7200.10 500630
	Form Factor	3.5"
	Formatted Capacity	500 GB
	Disks	3
	Recording Surfaces	6
	Physical Dimensions	146.99 x 101.6 x 26.1 mm
	Max. Weight	635 g
	Average Rotational Latency	4.16 ms
	Rotational Speed	7200 RPM
	Max. Internal Data Rate	1030 Mbit/s
	Average Seek	8.5 ms
	Track-To-Track Seek	0.8 ms
	Interface	SATA-II
	Buffer-to-Host Data Rate	300 MB/s
	Buffer Size	16 MB
	Spin-Up Time	15 sec

Don