# Hard Disks

## Navigation

1. Right-click on the Persistent Storage Device (PSD) card and then select PSD Details.

2. In the contents pane, double-click on the System Information folder and then select Hard Disks.

From the Hard Disks dialog box, you can view information about the hard disks present in this system.

The following information is displayed:

- Description (hrDeviceDescr)

- Access Type (hrDiskStorageAccess)

- Storage Media (hrDiskStorageMedia)

- Is Removable (hrDiskStorageRemoveble)

- Capacity (hrDiskStorageCapacity)

Description (hrDeviceDescr)

Textual description of this device which includes the device's manufacturer, revision, and serial number (optional).

Access Type (hrDiskStorageAccess)

Indicates whether this long-term storage device is both readable and writable or just readable.

This value of this object should reflect the media type, any write-protect mechanism in place, and any device configuration that affects the entire device.

Storage Media (hrDiskStorageMedia)

Indicates the type of media used in this long-term storage device. There are eight possible values:

other(1) | opticalDiskROM(5)
unknown(2) | opticalDiskWORM(6)*
hardDisk(3) | opticalDiskRW(7)
floppyDisk(4) | ramDisk(8)

* Write Once Read Many

Is Removable (hrDiskStorageRemoveble)

Indicates whether the disk media can be removed from the drive.

Capacity (hrDiskStorageCapacity)

Total size of this long-term storage device, in kilobytes.

If the media is removable and is currently not in the drive, then the value of this object should be zero.