Hi, I had my Asus laptop serviced and cleaned today. However, I doubt that they changed the hard drive. How can I find out without opening it
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I guess you have Windows. Open the command prompt, open with the Start Button X. Click the Start button (the one with the Windows logo) X (this is the Latin X, not the Bulgarian x). A drop-down menu will pop up - Select Command Pormt (Admin) or, if you are in Bulgarian, it will be something like Command Order (Administrator). You will see a large black window where you can write. Now, type the following and press Enter: wmic diskdrive get Name, Manufacturer, Model, InterfaceType, MediaType, SerialNumber You will get a good amount of information. If it doesn't match the old one, then they lied. If everything is correct - it's probably time to switch to SSD. If you do NOT remember - well, open and see the hard drive - there will be a date of manufacture - if it is newer than the yes in which you bought the laptop or is two before the date of manufacture of the laptop itself, most likely they threw you.
If you have one hard drive, hardly anyone will bother to replace it with another and transfer the information to that other. And if the hard drive has burned out, they will add the price of the new one to the price of the repair.
You hardly recorded the hard drive number from the BIOS ... And why do you doubt that they changed it?
Task with increased difficulty. How do I compare something I have with something I no longer have? If I give you a BGN 20 banknote and I want you to return it to me tomorrow, how do I know if it is the same? By writing down the serial number before I give it to you. The hard disk also has a serial number that can be read. But you have already given it and received it back and you can't compare anything to anything. You can compare the size of the disk and the availability of the data you had, but theoretically they can put a disk of the same size and clone your data on it, so fortunately - you can not understand, even if you open your laptop! When you open it, what will you compare there - again what is there, with what you have never seen.
Ask, it's not complicated.
Up to 1, why will they change its hard drive with a newer one? Rather, they liked the customer's new one and tried out an old tractor. Author, the other time you just take out the hard drive and the memory before you carry the laptop for cleaning, even if they don't take it to your hard drive, there is a significant amount of information such as saved passwords, photos, etc. that you hardly want to fall into.
the other and more recommended option is to use a free Speccy program. It gives you information about all the hardware, including the hard drive. For example, in the SMART data table you can see the number of hours of disk operation, the number of times the device is turned on, and so on.
Download a program to show you the info from the smart disk. CrystalDiskInfo for example. See on power on hours how long it was on. In this way, for sure, if he has worked 24/7 for years, it will be clear whether they have not given you someone worn out.