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WinAudit :: Physical Disks
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This section shows the disks detected in the computer. For security reasons, as of Windows® 2003, this detection requires administrator level privileges. To report the result of a S.M.A.R.T. self-test, administrator privileges are required on Windows® NT and above. At present only Integrated Device Electronics (IDE) disks are supported.
Note! On rare occasions, system instability has been observed on Windows® 95 requiring a reboot.
Bug Notice! On Windows® NT4, Windows® 2000 and Windows® XP disk data (excluding S.M.A.R.T.) can be
reported when using the programme as a restricted user. However, correct disk numbering on multi-disk systems
requires administrator privileges. Because the majority of computers have only one hard disk and
it is preferable to run programmes under a restricted user account, this non-administrative method of
disk detection has some utility. Consequently, if the system has more than one disk and the numbering appears to
be inconsistent, re-run the programme as administrator to correct for this bug.
 Disk Number
A number to identify the disk on systems with multiple disks. Counting starts at 1 and corresponds to the
disk's controller position. For example, #1 is Primary Master, #2 is Primary Slave, #3 is Secondary slave etc.
Capacity
The capacity of the disk in MB, i.e. size in bytes divided by 1024 * 1024.
Disk Type
The type of disk, options are fixed and removable.
Manufacturer
The name of the disk's manufacturer.
Model
The model of the disk as specified by the manufacturer.
Serial Number
The serial number of the disk as specified by the manufacturer.
Firmware Revision
The firmware revision of the disk as specified by the manufacturer.
Controller Rank
The rank of the disk on the controller, e.g. primary, secondary etc.
Master/Slave
Indicates if the disk is set as the master or slave on the controller.
Total Cylinders
The number of cylinders, note WinAudit will not report numbers higher than 16383. The number is only of use for small disks and it presented for Cylinders, Heads, Sectors (CHS) completeness.
Total Heads
The number of heads the disk has. The number is only of use for small disks and it presented for Cylinders, Heads, Sectors (CHS) completeness.
Sectors Per Track
The number of sectors per track. Requires Windows® NT. The number is only of use for small disks and it presented for Cylinders, Heads, Sectors (CHS) completeness.
Buffer Size
The disk's cache size, if any, expressed in KB. A value of zero may be presented if the buffer's size could not be determined.
SMART Supported
Indicates if Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) is supported by the disk.
SMART Enabled
Indicates if S.M.A.R.T. is enabled on the disk.
SMART Self-Test
Result of an auto-diagnostic disk test, possible responses are OK, Failed and Unknown. Requires adminstrative priviliges on Windows® NT4, Windows® 2000 and Windows® XP. On Windows® 95, Windows® 98 and Windows® Me the file Smartvsd.vxd must be in the iosubsys folder below the system directory when the machine was started.
Under some circumstances a SMART self-test may be obtainable without direct access to the SMART Supported and SMART Enabled data items listed above.
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