Journal Journal: Redux: Optimize performance of EC2 EBS volumes and Amazon WorkSpaces
This is an update to my previous Journal article "Optimize performance of EC2 EBS volumes and Amazon WorkSpaces." Along with writing each unused sector, Amazon also recommends reading from each sector. To do this we can use the Windows version of the "dd" command available at http://www.chrysocome.net/dd.
1) Find the name of your drive:
wmic diskdrive get deviceid