I am trying this:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
and it seems to have promise.  I went into View, Select Columns and added 
several dealing with I/O.  I'll keep an eye on this for the next reboot.
How do I tell what kind of drive do I have?  Like, RPMs etc
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name     GDSL61
System Manufacturer     LENOVO
System Model    2613L4U
System Type     X86-based PC
Processor       x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel ~1995 Mhz
Processor       x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel ~1995 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date       LENOVO 79ETC9WW (2.09 ), 12/22/2006
SMBIOS Version  2.4
Windows Directory       C:\WINDOWS
System Directory        C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device     \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale  United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer      Version = "5.1.2600.2765 
(xpsp.050928-1517)"
User Name       DEKKO-1\rob
Time Zone       Eastern Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory   2,048.00 MB
Available Physical Memory       718.95 MB
Total Virtual Memory    2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory        1.96 GB
Page File Space 3.85 GB
Page File       C:\pagefile.sys
Description     Disk drive
Manufacturer    (Standard disk drives)
Model   HTS541080G9SA00
Bytes/Sector    512
Media Loaded    Yes
Media Type      Fixed	hard disk media
Partitions      2
SCSI Bus        0
SCSI Logical Unit       0
SCSI Port       1
SCSI Target ID  0
Sectors/Track   63
Size    74.53 GB (80,023,265,280 bytes)
Total Cylinders 10,337
Total Sectors   156,295,440
Total Tracks    2,480,880
Tracks/Cylinder 240
Partition       Disk #0, Partition #0
Partition Size  70.01 GB (75,177,091,584 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset       32,256 bytes
Partition       Disk #0, Partition #1
Partition Size  4.51 GB (4,846,141,440 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset       75,177,123,840 bytes
Rob Berendt
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