form bios. (when the pc starts press "del" or F1 or F10...)

or

from a linux shell:

dmesg | grep hd


and you should find something like " hdc: MAXTOR 6L040J2, ATA DISK drive"


bye
andrea

On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 4:35 PM, <cape@???> wrote:
> I'm downloading knoppix to see if i can do some back-up... Meanwhile, is there a method to see who's the manufacturer of my hard disk without having to open the computer?