Thanks for the feedback. All the drives in the PC are from Samsung. I checked and found a similar tool available: http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/support/utilities/ES_Tool.html I'll try this tool tomorrow.
Regarding the SATA drive connection: Disk1 is connected to SATA1, Disk2 to SATA2, DVD/CD drive to SATA3 and Disk3 to SATA4. Additionally the SATA connectors have a color code on the motherboard. The SATA1 and SATA2 are red, while SATA3 and SATA4 are black. Could this imply that SATA1-2 and SATA3-4 are multiplexed towards the south bridge? The fifth SATA port (SATA_E) which is connected to the JMicron chip is not used. This message posted from opensolaris.org
